Destruction of Printing Presses in Mayence, from History of the World Vol III (1885), added on 6th Aug 2026

This woodcut (or engraving) was included in a section on the invention of the printing press, but the book did not mention the 1462 destruction of the presses. Mainz was sacked in 1462, but it is not clear that the printing presses were destroyed for any specific reason. (read more...)