
1478: The first press begins operating at Oxford, with the university’s support, and prints an exposition of the Apostle’s Creed, attributed to St. Jerome. No printer’s name appears on the text but it is reasonable to attribute it to Theodoric Rood, a printer from Cologne. Seventeen books from this press are known to exist, in whole or in part.
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