Press, ink, three guns. Ivan Fedorovych, the first printer, whom we did not know
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Lviv Regional Library for Youth named after Roman Ivanychuk. Collage by Olena Zеlenina.
How did Ivan Fedorov - one of the first East Slavic printers, engraver, engineer and foundry - become FedorOvych? Does everyone know that the first printer also invented guns? And did the artistic methods of text design developed by Ivan Fedorov influence further East Slavic printing for another 200 years?
The first printer had deep knowledge not only of mechanics and chemistry, but was also, as they would say now, a talented project manager.The writer Petra Yatsenko told about these and other unknown facts from the life and activities of the famous printer and about his choice of identity in the book "Press, ink, three guns. Adventures of the famous traveling printer Ivan Fedorovych", which was recently published.
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