Anna Rüger
Anna Rüger (* in Augsburg; † after 1491 , also known as Anna Rügerin ) was an early printer in Augsburg. She is the first woman to appear in the colophon of a print.
family
Anna Rüger was the daughter of Barbara Schönsperger, the 1467/68 the printer in a second marriage Johann Bämler married († 1503), the 136 in Augsburg incunabula anfertigte. In 1481 Anna's husband, the goldsmith Thomas Rüger, set up another printing workshop with his brother-in-law Johann Schönsperger . Together they printed two works in 1481 and 1482 (see below). Thomas Rüger died in 1483. Anna married the second marriage in 1491 to the bookseller Peter Berger, who had also made ten prints from 1486–1490. Her nephew is the printer and publisher Johann Schönsperger the Younger , her niece married the Augsburg bookseller and publisher Johannes Oswalt, who had business connections in Basel and Venice.
production
Anna Rüger printed in the inherited Offizin 1484 two works. The first was Eike von Repgows Sachsenspiegel . Just five weeks later, Formulare und deutsch Rhetorica , a manual containing instructions for processing official documents and letters, appeared. Rüger used a font that her brother used until 1492. The business relationship with her brother was broken (after) 1484.
Printed works of the Rüger Offizin
Johann Schönsperger and Thomas Rüger († 1483)
- Plenary , German. Augsburg 1481.
- The new marriage . Augsburg 1482.
Anna Rügerin
- Eike von Repgow : Sachsenspiegel . Land law with gloss. Partly edited by Dietrich von Bocksdorf and with additions by Tammo von Bocksdorf. With lat.-dt. Dictionary from the Latin Sachsenspiegel. - On it: Hermann von Oesfeld: Cautela and Premis . - Johann von Buch : Richtsteig Landrechts . - Eike von Repgow: Speculum Saxonum Augsburg June 22, 1484.
- Forms and German rhetorica . Augsburg July 29, 1484.
literature
- Ernst Voullième : The German printers of the fifteenth century. Berlin 1922.
Web links
- Prints by Anna Rügerin in the complete catalog of cradle prints (= GW)
- NDB : Schönsperger, Johann (Hans) the Elder (family and mention of Anna Rüger)
- BSB : Sachsenspiegel (fully digitized version of Rüger Drucks)
- Type repertory of the cradle prints: Anna Rügerin
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rüger, Anna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rügerin, Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Book printer in Augsburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century |