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Alfred K. Pfister, formerly of Milltown, New Jersey passed away at Hackensack Meridian Ocean Medical Center in Brick, New Jersey. He was 92. Born in Manhattan, New York, he grew up in Brooklyn...
- June 4, 1931
- April 27, 2024
May 1, 2024 · Alfred K. Pfister, formerly of Milltown, New Jersey passed away at Hackensack Meridian Ocean Medical Center in Brick, New Jersey. He was 92.
- Milltown, NJ
Albrecht Pfister (c. 1420 – c. 1466) was one of the first European printers to use movable type, following its invention by Johannes Gutenberg. Working in Bamberg, Germany, he is believed to have been responsible for two innovations in the use of the new technology: printing books in the German language, and adding woodcuts to printed books.
Albrecht Pfister (1500-1569) was an apothecary in Nuremberg. The “G. Fen. f.” inscription on this portrait print may be that of the artist/engraver, George Fennister. Location
Albrecht Pfister of Bamberg was printing books illustrated with woodcuts about 1461. Copper engravings, which were better able to produce fine lines, were especially suitable for the reproduction of maps; among the few incunabula illustrated with engravings is a Ptolemy Geographia printed at Rome by….