The humble setter of types did not deem emperors and princes alone worthy his companionship.

His invention sent no thrill of admiration throughout Christendom; and yet, what was the good Philip of Burgundy, with his Knights of the Golden Fleece, and all their effulgent trumpery, in the eye of humanity and civilization, compared with the poor sexton and his wooden types?
[The question of the time and place to which the invention of printing should be referred, has been often discussed.

It is not probable that it will ever be settled to the entire satisfaction of Holland and Germany.

The Dutch claim that movable types were first used at Harlem, fixing the time variously between the years 1423 and 1440.

The first and very faulty editions of Lorenz are religiously preserved at Harlem.] Philip died in February, 1467.