Its about The Gutenberg bible and story of its evolution.

1. By- Vipulkumar Mesariya

3. Name-Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468)
Nationality-Mainz, German
Occupation-Inventor, Printer
Religion-Catholic

5. Johann Gutenberg invented movable-
type printing press in 1455
Printing was one of the most important
technical advances in history.
He printed a Latin language Bible.
Which is considered to be the first
printed book ever.
That’s why its known as a “Gutenberg
Bible”
Why his invention was so important…?

6. Before Gutenberg invention,
 China and Korea Using ‘BLOCK PRINTING',
it made first of wood type and later of
bronze
 But every book produced in Europe had to
be copied by hand (manuscripts), Its very
slow process and quality was poor

7. What is block printing:
The characters were carved out on wooden block
to make a wood-block printing plate, which was
used to print the text. Wood-block printing took a
long time as a new block had to be carved for
every page in a book.

11. Due to his invention Bibles and
other books could finally be
produced in large quantities in a
short period of time
The Books soon became cheaper so
wider parts of the population could
afford them
Bible translated in many European
languages
It enabled people to follow debates
and take part in discussions of
matters that concerned them.

12. Movable-Type printer…
Initial phase of his research he invented fix
type printer
In old type printer block letters were
fixed and they could not be taken out of
the words of which they were parts
The new types were movable so they
could be set up to print one page, then
taken apart and set up again and again
to print any number of pages. Its metal
types

18. As per Chinese history :
The movable type, as invented in 1041-1048 by
Pi Sheng. It was widely (and incorrectly) believed
in the West that this piece of technology was first
introduced by Johann Gutenberg

19. • Gutenberg's invention did not make him rich, he
died in poor condition. But it laid down the path
of mass and commercial production of books.