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John of Speyer , d. 1470, first printer in Venice, b. Bavaria. He designed and patented the first type purely roman in character. It appears in Cicero's Epistulae ad familiares and Pliny's Historia naturalis, both printed in 1469. On his death his patent on the roman design expired; Nicolas Jenson was enabled to print with roman type in 1470.

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	Speyer promotes ethics at YM/WREA meeting. (Tishman Speyer Properties Pres. Jerry I. Speyer; Young Men's/Women's Real Estate Association) Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 4/17/1996
	Speyer spills Rock plans.(Tishman-Speyer Properties Chairman Jerry Speyer's plan for Rockefeller Center and Chrysler Building) Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 2/24/1999
	Tishman Speyer re-opens historic Rockefeller deck. Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 11/9/2005

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	Speyer spills Rock plans.(Tishman-Speyer Properties Chairman Jerry Speyer's plan for Rockefeller Center and Chrysler Building) Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 2/24/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...AREW) at a fall luncheon. Speyer, chairman of Tishman-Speyer Properties, which owns a piece...by visionaries of their time. John D. Rockefeller never suspected...planned a department store, Speyer said, but by being willing to...
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