The ''Gutenberg-Jahrbuch'' is an annual

periodical publication A periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar example is a newspaper, but a magazine or a journal are also example ...

covering the

history of printing The history of printing starts as early as 3000 BCE, when the proto-Elamite and Sumerian civilizations used cylinder seals to certify documents written in clay tablets . Other early forms include block seals, hammered coinage, pottery imprints, a ...

and the book. Its focus is on

incunable In the history of printing, an incunable or incunabulum (plural incunables or incunabula, respectively), is a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed in the earliest stages of printing in Europe, up to the year 1500. Incunabula were pro ...

s, early

printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...

, and the life and work of

Johannes Gutenberg Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (; – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Though not the first of its kind, earlier designs ...

, inventor of the modern printed book. It has been published since 1926 by the

Internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft "The Internationale" (french: "L'Internationale", italic=no, ) is an international anthem used by various communist and socialist groups; currently, it serves as the official anthem of the Communist Party of China. It has been a standard of t ...

, the international association for the study of the history and development of printing technology and written media. Dr Stephan Füssel was editor from 1994-2022. Gutenberg Yearbook 2022
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References

*Anton Keim: ''Mehr als zwei Denkmäler: Neunzig Jahre Weltmuseum der Druckkunst und internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft Mainz.'' Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, Mainz 1991,

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