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100 1 _aVilleneuve, João,
_d-1777
245 1 0 _aPrimeira origem da arte :
_bde imprimir dada à luz pelo primeiros characteres
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2006-08-03
508 _aProduced by Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by National Library of Portugal (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal).)
520 _a"Primeira origem da arte" by João Villeneuve is a historical account written in the early 18th century. This work discusses the beginnings of the art of printing, exploring its origins, the innovations it brought to literature and communication, and its significance in society. Villeneuve focuses particularly on elucidating the contributions of early printers such as Johannes Gutenberg, weaving in anecdotes and claims from various regions that sought to claim the invention of this revolutionary technique. The book details Villeneuve's dedication to King John V of Portugal, presenting the new typefaces he created for the Royal Academy of Portuguese History. Throughout the text, he engages in a scholarly examination of the competing claims surrounding who invented printing, notably contrasting figures from Holland and Germany. The narrative unfolds in a manner that highlights the pivotal shift that printing technology caused in the dissemination of knowledge, comparing its impact to that of written language itself. Villeneuve underscores both the practical and cultural implications of printing, predicting its profound influence on education and the preservation of history for generations to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPrinting -- History
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18974
999 _c60360
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