SCHOEFFER ALONE

In late October, 1466, Johann Fust died, apparently of the plague, during a book-selling tour in Paris. Schoeffer took over their printing enterprise, and by 1469 he had married Fust’s daughter, Christina. He began printing books under his name alone, and in 1469-70 he printed a broadside advertisement for 21 editions that were available from his shop. Included on that list were vellum copies of the 1462 Bible and two other recent books represented in this exhibition: part of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa theologica (1467), and a reissue of the Mainz Catholicon (c. 1469). Throughout the 1470s, Schoeffer continued to print major theological works in editions of the highest quality.

Previous section 7. Aquinas 1467 8. Catholicon

9. Marchesinus 1470 10. Aquinas 1471 11. Augustine 1473

12. Turrecremata 1474 13. Bernard of Clairvaux 1475 14. Paulus de Sancta Maria 1478