Books begin to be printed that combine woodcut illustrations with a text set in movable type.

The German printer Albrecht Pfister of Bamberg is credited with being the first to do this; his edition of Ulrich Boner's "Der Edelstein," is widely accepted as the first illustrated book.

Pfister prints Der Edelstein's text, however, from movable type, then prints the illustrations separately on blank areas left on the pages.