Mainz Psalter Printed

1457

Fust and Schoffer produced the first printed book to carry a date, a publisher's imprint, and colored capitals printed in a single pass from the same press. It was a technical triumph. It was also the first printed book to credit its creators and hide Gutenberg's name entirely. Its use of red and blue ink alongside black in a single impression represented a leap in printing sophistication not widely replicated for decades.