Michael Furter

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Michael Furter (died 1516 or 1517) was a printer of

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Printing career

The first dated prints by Furter are from 1489.

Marquard vom Stein) and the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius. In 1508 Furter and Gregor Schott jointly printed the third edition of the Margarita Philosophica by Gregor Reisch.[3] Further also produced numerous popular works on grammar, jurisprudence, theology and morals. He was for a short while considered the first printer of Basel due to a typo in his prints and was the first to have depicted a coat of arms of Basel jointly with two Basilisks.[4]

Personal life

Furter is recorded as buying a house in Ryngasse, Lesser Basel on 1483.[1] He was a member of the local "Trade Union to the Saffron".[5] In 1491 he rented a shop for three and a half pound per year. He bought Basel citizenship for one gulden on 1 March 1488. In December 1500, he and his wife Ursula bought another house, called Zer Monen.

Death

He died between 10 November 1516 and 2 May 1517. He had a daughter and died without a male heir.[3] He died indebted and following his death an inventory of his possessions was made.[3] His possessions were then split between his debtors among which were Adam Petri and descendants of Johann Amerbach and the stepfather of Johann Froben among others.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Furter, Michael". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  2. ^ "Sebastian Brant: Das Narren Schyff. Basel [Johann Bergmann von Olpe] 11.2.1494, Erste Ausgabe (GW 5041)". Narragonien Digital.
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    ISBN 978-3-7965-1000-7
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  4. ISBN 978-3-0348-6561-6
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  5. ISBN 978-3-7965-1090-8
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Further reading
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