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Anton Koberger, Libraries, Books, And Printing, Biographies
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Anton Koberger[An´tOn kO´ber´´gUr] Pronunciation Key, c.14451513, German printer. He established in 1470 the first printery in Nuremberg. In 1483 he produced a German Bible and in 1484 the first book printed in the Hungarian language. Koberger was primarily a publisher. He had agencies in many cities, employed traveling salesmen, and issued one of the first advertising circulars.
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