God greet art

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God greet art : Printers , typesetters , lithographers and other "disciples of black art " have greeted and greeted each other to the present day both verbally and in writing with the printer's greeting God greet art - to which God greet it should be returned. It is noteworthy that in the counter -greeting it is written in lower case, because it refers to the art, not to the person greeting.

Greeting from the printer in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate

The introductory lettering from a printer in 1740 is documented for the first time.

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  1. See also keyword “Art” at textkritik.de/druckerssprache
  2. The so necessary as useful book printing and type foundry, with their typefaces, formats and all associated instruments also clearly described, and along with a brief account of the origin and progress of the book printing art, in particular of the most distinguished book printers in Leipzig and other places in Germany exposed in 300 years after its invention. With a preface by Mr. Johann Erhard Kappens, Prof. Eloqu. Publ. In Leipzig and the great Fürsten-Collegii Collegiate there. Four parts. Leipzig, by Christian Friedrich Geßner. 1740, 40, 41, 45

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