Andreas Aperger

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Andreas Aperger (* 1598 ; † October 23, 1658 ) was a printer who worked in Augsburg .

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Aperger first worked in 1617 when he worked for the Ad insigne pinus publishing house founded by Markus Welser , which was dissolved in 1619. He then opened his own print shop in front of the Frauentor , where Melchior Kriegstein, Valentin Schönig and Christoph Mang had previously worked. He allegedly bought the equipment for the printing works from Christoph Mang for 500 guilders.

Aperger initially printed so-called "New Newspapers". These were mostly reports on what happened in politics and war during the events of the Thirty Years' War . According to Adolf Dresler , Aperger had printed 73 editions by 1655. Due to the occupation of Augsburg by the Swedes, Aperger fled on July 24, 1632 and returned in 1635 after the troops had left the city.

In addition to the newspapers, Aperger printed works such as “De Cometis libelli tres” by Johannes Kepler (1619/20), the “Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines” by Dominicus Custos , which in 1618, 1619 and 1620 supplemented his step-sons Lucas and Wolfgang Kilian, the “Basilica SS. Udalrici et Afrae ”by Bernhard Hertfelder , which contained copper engravings by Wolfgang Kilian and Daniel Manasser, or the“ Doriarum Genuensium genealogia ”by Caspar Schoppe .

After Aperger's death, his widow Veronika took over the printing business. She published several works, including Jesuit dramas. The son-in-law Simon Utzschneider bought Aperger's Offizin on April 22, 1663 for 600 guilders.

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SURNAME Aperger, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Book printer working in Augsburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1598
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1658