Johannes Petreius
Johannes Petreius ( Hans Peterlein , * around 1497 in Langendorf near Bad Kissingen, † March 18, 1550 in Nuremberg ) was a German wood carver and printer .
Petreius worked as a printer in Nuremberg from 1523. From 1536 he published 750 books as well as 21 music titles with a total of 1,000 pieces of music. The first edition of Nicolaus Copernicus ' De revolutionibus orbium coelestium in 1543 is one of the best-known writings he printed .
He also published an alchemical collection De Alchemia (1541), the core of the later Theatrum Chemicum .
His grave is in the Johannisfriedhof in Nuremberg.
Printed fonts
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola . Conclusiones nongentae. 2nd edition. 1532.
- Brandenburg-Nuremberg church order. 1533.
- Georg Rithaymer: De orbis terrarum situa compendium . Johann Petreius, Nuremberg 1538.
- Michael Stifel : Arithmetica Integra . Johann Petreius, Nuremberg 1544.
- Nicolaus Copernicus: De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, Libri VI . Johann Petreius, Nuremberg 1543.
- Girolamo Cardano . Artis Magnae sive de Regulis Algebraicis Liber I . Johann Petreius, Nuremberg 1545, doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-9159 (ETH library)
- Girolamo Cardano: De subtilitate rerum. Libri XXI . Johann Petreius, Nuremberg 1550.
- Donors , pseudo-donors and others: De Alchemia […] . Nuremberg 1541.
- Gottlieb, Johann: Bookkeeping. Two artificial and understandable accounts, the first how one should act for himself or a partner. The other, for factorey (etc.). Johann Petreius, Nuremberg 1546. Bavarian State Library, call number 4 Merc. 35
- Wolffgang Schweicker: Twofold bookkeeping, sampt his Giornal / the same decision / also bill etc. , Johann Petreius, Nuremberg 1549. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, call number 2 Merc 11 .
literature
- Hans-Otto Keunecke: Petreius, Johann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 262 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Pallmann: Johannes Petreius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 518 f.
- Ernst Darmstaedter : The alchemy of the donor. Translated and explained, Berlin 1922 (based on the edition by Johannes Petreius, Nuremberg 1541).
Web links
Commons : Petreius - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Johannes Petreius in the catalog of the German National Library
- Music and Money in Early Modern Europe
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petreius, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peterlein, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German printer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1497 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langendorf near Bad Kissingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1550 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |