Spiridon Sobol
Spiridon Sobol (Belarusian: Спірыдо́н Міро́навіч Со́баль, Russian: Спиридо́н Миро́нович Со́боль) (1580—1590, Mogilev − 1645, Muntenia) was a Belarusian printer and educator. Sobol was the first East Slavic printer to use copper etching (for the title page of Octoechos, 1628). His name is associated with the printing house in Kuciejna, near Orsha, which he founded in 1630.
Biography
Spiridon Sobol was born in the city of
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
.
See also
- Symon Budny
- Ivan Fedorov
- Johann Gutenberg
- Francysk Skaryna
- Spread of the printing press
Sources
- Зернова А. С. Белорус, печатник С. Соболь // Книга: Исслед.и материалы. 1965. Сб.10;
- Исаевич Я. Д. Преемники первопечатника. М., 1981.
External links
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