It is by no means a wild question whether the credit of even the first Bible belongs to Gutenberg or to Peter Schœffer; for, after the dissolution of the partnership between Gutenberg and Fust, the former produced nothing worthy of note, while Schœffer printed the Bible again, as well as other works, notably the Psalter, a most wonderful specimen of ancient typography. Schœffer appears to be as undoubtedly the inventor of type-founding as Koster was of printing,—Gutenberg was neither, though we must award him high credit for his skill in availing himself of the knowledge derived from Koster, and his perseverance through a series of years. But the almost impenetrable cloud of mystery that surrounds the discovery of printing should induce a spirit of hesitancy that is not at all characteristic of Van der Linde and others. Neither ifs, buts, nor perhapses, nor strained inferences, prove anything except the weakness of the argument that rests upon them. We are satisfied that the types used by the first printers were not cast or founded in a mode at all approximating to the modern method. The question is, not who was the first type-founder in the modern style, but who was the first printer with movable types, no matter whether of wood, pewter, or tin; and we agree with the judicious Isaiah Thomas in the opinion that Koster was that man. See _Haarlem the Birthplace of Printing, not Mentz_, by J. H. Hessels, Cambridge, England, 1887: an emphatic confutation of the Gutenberg legend. [5] Two copies of Bradford’s Almanac are known to be in existence. We give the Address of THE PRINTER TO THE READERS. Hereby understand that after great charge & Trouble, I have brought that GREAT ART & MYSTERY OF PRINTING into this part of America; believing it may be of great service to you in several respects; hoping to find encouragement, not only in this Almanack, but what else I shall enter upon for the use & service of the Inhabitants of these Parts. Some irregularities there be in this Diary, which I desire you to pass by this year; for being lately come hither, my materials were misplaced & out of order, whereupon I was forced to use Figures & Letters of various Sizes: but understanding the want of something of this nature, & being importuned thereto, I ventured to make public this; desiring you to accept thereof; & by the next (as I find encouragement) shall endeavour to have things compleat. And for the ease of Clarks, Scriveniers, &c., I propose to print blank Bills, Bonds, Letters of Attorney, Indentures, Warrants, etc., & what else presents itself, wherein I shall be ready to serve you; and remain your friend. W. BRADFORD. Philadelphia, the 10th month, 1685.