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 | | The sharpness and elegant uniformity of the type, the lustre of the ink, and the purity of the paper leave that first great monument of the typographic art unsurpassed by any subsequent effort; nor could it be exceeded with all the appliances of the present day. |
 | | After this period, Faust, and his son-in-law, Peter Schoeffer, in possession of the materials, printed on their own account, and, within eighteen months of their separation from Gutenberg, produced the celebrated Latin Psalter of 1457, the first book in any country which bears a complete imprint--that is, the name of the printer, place, and date. |
 | | The nation was disposed to choose for its king the child Ladislaus, son of King Albert, the predecessor of Wladislaw. |
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