Rare Replica of Peter Mitterhofer "Viennese Model" typewriter
This is one of a small amount of Replicas of the first model of the MitterHofer typewriter from 1864 on exhibition in the Vienna Technical Museum.
Made of wood and key levers made of metal.
This is one good example that survived illustrating the history of the typewriter.
This typewriter was found in Germany.
Typewriter is a display piece with some moving parts but definitely not a working typewriter.
It will be tightly packed and secured for shipping.
Will be supplied with a German book about Peter MeterHofer and Two original Stamps made to honour him.
Cost includs shipping anywhere around the world.
A blog will be prepared to share the details of how Peter MitteHofer created this typewriter before Sholes and what happened to his invention after he show it to the Emperor franz
Lots of history and this is known to be the only known design before the emergence of Sholes in the United States and the start of the production of the Sholes and Glidden typewriter.