English · Idiom Historical

gutenberg's types and plant

Preserved but no longer current.

Meaning · English

With this Fust started business on his own account, with his son-in-law Peter Schoffer as manager. Guten- berg was obliged to carry on his business with inferior types and presses.

Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “gutenberg's types and plant” mean?

With this Fust started business on his own account, with his son-in-law Peter Schoffer as manager. Guten- berg was obliged to carry on his business with inferior types and presses.

Is “gutenberg's types and plant” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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