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1. Incunabula

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   The emergence of incunabula followed the development of the mechanical movable-type printing press in Mainz, Germany. Prior to this invention, book production relied on laborious hand-copying by scribes or the use of woodblock printing, which was effective for short texts but impractical for large, complex works. The perfection of durable metal type, oil-based inks, and the adaptation of the screw-type press revolutionized dissemination. The speed of production was astonishingly fast, leading to an initial market glut of very short pamphlets concerning the proper etiquette f…

2. Print Revolution

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   The Gutenberg Innovation
   Johannes Gutenberg, operating in Mainz, Germany, around 1440–1450, perfected the necessary ancillary technologies: oil-based ink suitable for metal type, the adjustable hand mold for precise type casting, and the adaptation of existing screw presses (used in winemaking) for printing [2]. The initial mass-produced text, the Gutenberg Bible (c. 1455), demonstrated the technology's capacity for high-quality reproduction.
   The speed of adoption was remarkable. Within fifty years, printing presses operated i…