Jakob Karweyse

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Jakob Karweyse (also Karweysse; fl. 1492) was a goldsmith in Marienburg. He is considered to have been the first Prussian printer.

Karweyse, who was probably a native, became in 1476 citizen of Marienburg.[1] In 1492 he printed Johannes of Marienwerder's book Leben der zeligen vrouwen Dorothea, which described the life of Saint Dorothea von Montau.[2].

[edit] Work

  • Johannes von Marienwerder: Leben der seligen Dorothea. Marienburg: Jakob Karweysse, 1492. 8° IBP 3173. Borm: IG 1781. (M14326)
  • Johannes von Marienwerder: Leben der seligen Dorothea. [Marienburg: Jakob Karweysse, um 1492]. 4° (GW M14327)
  • Ein Passienbüchlein von den vier Hauptjungfrauen. [Marienburg: Jakob Karweysse]. 8°, IBP 4167. (GW M29578)[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Karl Franz Otto Dziatzko: Was wissen wir von dem Leben und der Person Joh. Gutenbergs? In: Sammlung bibliothekswissenschaftlicher Arbeiten. 8. Heft., Leipzig 1895
  2. ^ Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon Band III (1992) Spalten 475-479 Autor: Barbara Wolf-Dahm
  3. ^ GW. Willkommen

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