Konrad Waldkirch

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Konrad (von) Waldkirch (born May 15, 1549 in Schaffhausen , † around 1615 ) was a Swiss printer and publisher in Basel .

Konrad Waldkirch came from a noble family from Schaffhausen. In Basel he apprenticed to the printer Pietro Perna . In 1580 he became a citizen of Basel and a member of the saffron guild , in 1581 he married Laura, the daughter of his teacher. After Perna died of the plague in 1582 and Laura died a few days later, he took over the publishing house and married again the following year. In 1591/92 he printed in Schaffhausen, then again in Basel.

Waldkirch's business was one of the great Basel officials, its program was varied, and Waldkirch had extensive relationships; when his nephew Heinrich Waldkirch opened a printing shop in Copenhagen in 1598, he supplied him with fonts. His production includes around a thousand prints, of which, however, around two thirds were dissertations and other narrow university publications. His extensive works include Johann Huser's large Paracelsus edition in ten volumes, the text of which has remained fundamental to many of the famous doctor's writings to this day. Hebrew and Yiddish prints (approx. 69 titles) also became important for Waldkirch: Johann Buxtorf the Elderfor example brought out his works with him. However, he not only produced for Christian Hebraists, but also for a Jewish audience.

Waldkirch's printing works were sold by the heirs to Ludwig König in 1615; It is not known whether the printer died this year or a little earlier.

literature

  • Christoph Reske: The book printers of the 16th and 17th centuries in the German-speaking area . 2nd revised and expanded edition. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-447-10416-6 , p. 94f. (Basel), p. 891 (Schaffhausen).
  • Clemens P. Sidorko: Basel and the Yiddish book printing (1557-1612) . Schwabe, Basel 2014, ISBN 978-3-7965-3346-4 , pp. 201-306.
  • MJ Heller: The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book: An Abridged Thesaurus Vol. 2. Brill, Leiden 2011, p. 205.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian order and break of the churches in Schaffhausen in the Eydgnossschaft . Konrad Waldkirch, Schaffhausen 1592. Digitized .
  2. ^ Ralf Waldkirch: Books and History. Waldkirch publishing house since 1542 . Waldkirch, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-927455-36-8 , p. 9.
  3. ↑ Clemens P. Sidorko: Basel and the Yiddish book printing (1557-1612) . Schwabe, Basel 2014, ISBN 978-3-7965-3346-4 , p. 203.
  4. ↑ Paracelsus: books and writings , ... to give a day through Iohannem Huserum Brisgoium. Konrad Waldkirch, Basel 1589–1591.
  5. ↑ Clemens P. Sidorko: Basel and the Yiddish book printing (1557-1612) . Schwabe, Basel 2014, ISBN 978-3-7965-3346-4 , pp. 201-306.
personal data
SURNAME Waldkirch, Konrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldkirch, Konrad von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss printer and publisher in Basel
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1549
PLACE OF BIRTH Schaffhausen
DATE OF DEATH around 1615