In 1465, Schœffer printed the _Decretals of Boniface VIII_, a folio of 141 leaves, each page containing a text in large types, surrounded by notes in small types. Red letters and lines are introduced, but there are no engravings, and the presswork is in no point better than that of the _Bible of 1462_. The colophon exhibits an unscrupulous appropriation of the [p467] words of the colophon of the _Catholicon of 1460_;[313] but, unlike the printer of that book, Fust and Schœffer here advertise themselves as the men most intimately connected with the great invention. We can plainly see their strong desire to be regarded as the first printers, but there is as yet no clear statement that Schœffer was the real inventor of printing. In the same year was printed by Fust and Schœffer an edition of _The Offices of Cicero_, a small quarto of 88 leaves, in their smaller size of Round Gothic types. To make the book of proper thickness, and perhaps to improve the appearance of the types, which show signs of wear, Schœffer put thick leads, about one-tenth of an inch thick, between the lines. As it is the first book in which leads of perceptible thickness were used, this real improvement in printing may be attributed to Schœffer. This edition of _Cicero_ is also distinguished as the first book in which Greek letters were printed; but these letters were not types—they were engraved on wood in a rude manner.[314] This edition of _Cicero_ has the following colophon: This very celebrated work of Marcus Tullius, I, John Fust, a citizen of Mentz, have happily completed, through the hands of Peter, my son, not with writing ink, nor with pen, nor yet in brass,[315] but with a certain art exceedingly beautiful. Dated 1465.[316] The _Cicero_ was reprinted on February 4, 1466. Soon after its publication, Fust made another Journey to Paris.[317] Before he could perfect his arrangements for the sale of his books, Paris was depopulated by the plague, and it is the common [p468] belief that Fust was one of its victims. This is not certainly known, but he was dead on the thirtieth day of October, 1466, the date of the first mass instituted for him at the Church of Saint Victor at Paris, where his body was buried.[318] After Fust’s death, Peter Schœffer took his place at the head of the printing house. It seems, however, that he had a partner, one Conrad Fust, or Conrad Hanequis, who was, no doubt, the Henlif mentioned in the record of the Church of Saint Victor.[319] A book belonging to the Church of Saint Peter of Mentz contains the following record of their application for the manuscript of a book to which they wished to refer: