Johann Haller
Johann Haller or Jan Haller[1] (1463–1525) is considered one of the first commercial printers in Poland.[2]
Early life
Haller was born in Rothenburg,
Printing activity
Haller' merchant activity enabled him[clarification needed] to engage, at a later time, in the production of printing elements and finally establishing a printing press in Kraków. His first printing products were almanacs, followed by a breviary for the clergy. Haller acquired a partial monopoly on them, thereby protecting himself from competition. He soon expanded his business to include scientific and scholarly books in astronomy, mathematics, philosophy and law, as well as royal and church statutes.[3]
Altogether Haller produced 3,530 prints. His masterpieces are illustrated books containing 354 sheets of
Copernicus translation
Haller is perhaps best known for publishing in 1509 a volume of poems by
See also
- List of Poles
- Printing
- Early printing in Poland
Notes
- ^ ISBN 9780199253395. Retrieved 7 February 2021., and was fined by an inquisitorial court for his pains. Johann Haller, another Franconian, and Kasper Hochfeld, had the distinction of publishing Poland's first illustrated work, Jan Laski's legal 'Statutes', in 1506.
The first work printed in Cracow, a Latin almanac, was produced by Piotr Straube in 1473. In 1491, Swejbold Vehl printed the first ever book in Cyrillic, an Oktoich hymnal
- ^ (in Polish) Epoka publishers,The History of printing till 18th century. First Polish prints. Opole, 2007.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59160-193-7. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
There was no printing press in Lidzbark, in Frombork, nor in Toruń. The nearest printer shop was in Danzig but only a few works in German were published there. Copernicus' translation had to be printed in Breslau (Wroclaw), Cracow, or abroad. It was opted for the Cracow printer, Jan Haller, who had already published in 1508 one of the 25 works of Corvinus. In June 1509, Corvinus left Thorun bringing with him the manuscript of Copernicus. Johann Haller published it before the end of 1509.
- ^ "The history of literature in Krakow". krakowcityofliterature.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
External links
- Communicating Europe to the Region: Breslau in the Age of the Renaissance Lambrecht, German History, 2002 (pdf file)[permanent dead link]
- Collection of books printed by Johann Haller in digital library Polona
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