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  1. Free eBooks | Project Gutenberg

    Project Gutenberg is a library of over 75,000 free eBooks Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older …

  2. Johannes Gutenberg - Wikipedia

    His major work, the Gutenberg Bible, was the first printed version of the Bible and has been acclaimed for its high aesthetic and technical quality. Gutenberg is often cited as among the most influential …

  3. Johannes Gutenberg | Printing Press, Inventions, Facts, …

    Feb 13, 2026 · Johannes Gutenberg is known for having designed and built the first known mechanized printing press in Europe. In 1455 he used it to print the Gutenberg Bible, which is one of the earliest …

  4. Johannes Gutenberg (c.1400 - 1468) - Library of Congress

    Printed in Mainz, Germany in 1454/1455 by Johannes Gutenberg and Johannes Fust, the Gutenberg Bible is the first large-format typographic bible produced in Europe. This guide provides digital and …

  5. Johannes Gutenberg - World History Encyclopedia

    Jul 25, 2022 · Johannes Gutenberg (l. c. 1398-1468) was the inventor of the printing press (c. 1450) who seems to have developed the device from wine and oil presses of the...

  6. Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg is the eponym of the International Gutenberg Society and as an international association for the research and development of printing technology and script-oriented media, it is …

  7. Biography of Johannes Gutenberg, German Inventor - ThoughtCo

    Sep 18, 2024 · Johannes Gutenberg (born Johannes Gensfleisch zum Gutenberg; circa 1400—February 3, 1468) was a German blacksmith and inventor who developed the world’s first mechanical …

  8. Johann Gutenberg - Lemelson

    When this endeavor was successful, he embarked on his most famous project, the printing of "The Gutenberg Bibles." The bibles, printed in Latin, gained fame as the first books ever printed in Europe …

  9. Johannes Gutenberg: Biography, German Inventor, Movable Type

    Nov 28, 2023 · German inventor Johannes Gutenberg developed a method of movable type and used it to create one of the Western world's first major printed books, the “Forty-Two-Line” Bible.

  10. The Gutenberg Bible | The New York Public Library

    Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith from the city of Mainz in what is now Germany, undertook the development of a new method of printing in the late 1450s that would revolutionize the European …