Mainz Psalter from 1457, lithograph, published in 1879 - stock illustration

The Mainz Psalter, the first book to feature a printed date of publication, a printed colophon, two sizes of type, printed decorative initials, and the first to be printed in three colours. The colophon also contains the first example of a printer's mark. It was the first important publication by Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer in 1457. The incunabula is one of the outstanding works of early art of printing. Facsimile after the original pergament, published in 1879.