that the following tables of the spread of printing have been made up. They are based on the chronological arrangement of Santander's Dictionary, but the names and dates have been collated with those of Cotton's Typographical Gazetteer, and other works of authority, and some alterations have been made.
| Place. | Printer. | Date. | Place. | Printer. | Date. | |
| Mentz | John Gutenberg | 1450 | Reutlingen | John Ottmar | 1482 | |
| Bamberg | Albert Pfister | Vienna | John Winterburg | 1482 | ||
| Strasburg | Mentel and Eggestein | 1458 | Magdeburg | Rauenstein et al | 1483 | |
| Cologne | Ulric Zell | 1462 | Stockholm | John Snell | 1483 | |
| Augsburg | Gunther Zainer | 1468 | Winterberg | John Alacraw | 1484 | |
| Nuremberg | Henry Keffer | 1469 | Heidelberg | Fred. Misch | 1485 | |
| Munster in Argau | Helyas Helye | 1470 | Ratisbon | John Sensenschmidt | 1485 | |
| Spire | Peter Drach | 1471 | Brinn | Stahl & Preinlein | 1486 | |
| Ulm | John Zainer | 1473 | Munster | John Limburg | 1486 | |
| Buda (Hungary) | Andrew Hess | 1473 | Sleswick | Stephen Arndes | 1486 | |
| Mersburg | Lucas Brandis | 1473 | Frisia | 1488 | ||
| Laugingen | 1473 | Kuttenberg | Von Tischniowa | 1489 | ||
| Esslingen | Conrad Fyner | 1473 | Ingolstadt | John Kachelofen | 1490 | |
| Marienthal | Bros. of Life-in-Com. | 1474 | Hamburg | J. and T. Borchard | 1491 | |
| Lubec | Lucas Brandis | 1475 | Wadstein | 1491 | ||
| Burgdorf | 1475 | Czernigov | Tzernoevic | 1492 | ||
| Blaubeuren | Conrad Mancz | 1475 | Zinna | 1492 | ||
| Pilsen | 1475 | Fribourg | Kilianus Piscator | 1493 | ||
| Rostock | Bros. of Life-in-Com. | 1476 | Luneburg | John Luce | 1493 | |
| Geneva | Ad. Steynschauer | 1478 | Copenhagen | Gothof. de Ghemen | 1493 | |
| Prague | 1478 | Oppenheim | 1494 | |||
| Eichstadt | M. and G. Reyser | 1478 | Freisingen | John Schæffler | 1495 | |
| Wurtzburg | Dold, Ryser, et al | 1479 | Offenburg | 1496 | ||
| Leipsic | Marcus Brand | 1481 | Tubingen | John Ottmar | 1498 | |
| Aurach | Conrad Fyner | 1481 | Cracow | John Haller | 1500 | |
| Erfurt | Wider de Hornbach | 1482 | Munich | John Schobser | 1500 | |
| Memmingen | Albert de Duderstadt | 1482 | Olmutz | De Baumgarten | 1500 | |
| Passau | Stahl, Mayer, et al | 1482 | Pfortzheim | Thomas Anselmus | 1500 |
This is but a brief list for the vast and populous country north of Italy and east of France and the Netherlands.[1] Not less remarkable is the fact that some cities now deservedly famous for their printing were among the last to acquire a knowledge of the art, and those that gave it feeble support.
The master printers at Mentz before 1500, not previously named, were: Erhardus Reuwich, whose first book was dated 1486; Frederic Misch, who began after 1490; Jacob Meydenbach (a witness at the trial of 1455), between 1491 and 1496; and Peter Friedburg, between 1494 and 1497. There may
- ↑ For a table of the chronological order in which printing was established in the Netherlands, see page 323 of this book.
