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Preserved but no longer current.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.
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?
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