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Printing made copies far faster, but the earliest great printed books did not leave the press looking fully finished. Gutenberg’s Bible used movable metal type for the main text, yet headings, coloured initials and other decoration were often added later by hand. That meant two copies printed from the same type could still look noticeably different. The real breakthrough was not that craftsmanship disappeared; it was that identical text could be reproduced at scale while buyers still paid local artisans to personalise the page.
