Gutenberg, Johannes, c.1397 - 1468, German inventor of mechanical movable type printing. Johannes Gutenberg. Wood engraving, 1838, after the bas-relief at the Gutenberg monument, 1837, by Bertel Thorvaldsen in Mainz. From: The Pfennig Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 275, Leipzig (F.A. Brockhaus), 1838 (7 July). Berlin, Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte.