Martin Landsberg

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Martin Landsberg (* around 1455 ; † before July 14, 1523 ) was a German book printer in Leipzig .

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Martin Landsberg came from Würzburg or its surroundings ( Martinus Herbipolensis ). In 1472 he was enrolled at the University of Leipzig and in 1475 acquired the degree of bachelor's degree . He married a bourgeois daughter and opened a print shop in the city in 1486 or 1490. (It is uncertain whether Landsberg was Capotius' anonymous printer , who printed in Leipzig between 1486 and 1490 without a name). On December 30, 1490, Martin Landsberg received the citizenship of the city of Leipzig. The print shop was on Ritterstrasse near the university. Landsberg, like other book printers, ran an inn in his house.

He died before July 14, 1523.

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Along with Konrad Kachelofen and Melchior Lotter the Elder, Martin Landsberg is considered the most important Leipzig printer of his time. About 900 prints were made in his office. A focus was on classical authors (44% of printer types) and polemics for and against the Reformation since 1518 (34%). In addition, Landsberg published works by contemporary humanistic authors and, as a specialty, more mathematical works than all other printers in the city put together. The main buyer of the publications was the university.

literature

  • Thomas Thibault Döring: Leipzig book culture around 1500. Catalog for the exhibition of the same name in the Bibliotheca Albertina Leipzig from April 19 to July 22, 2012, Leipzig University Library 2012, ISBN 978-3-86583-675-5
  • Enno Bünz (Ed.): Books, printers, libraries in Central Germany. New research on communication and media history around 1500. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2006. ISBN 3-865-83120-6
  • Severin Corsten (ed.): Lexicon of the entire book system (LGB) . 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1989. ISBN 3-7772-9501-9
  • Josef Benzing : The book printers of the 16th and 17th centuries in the German-speaking area. 2nd, expanded edition. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1982. p. 276.
  • F. Geldner: The German incunable printers. A manual of the German printer of the XV. Century by place of printing. Part 1. The German language area. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1968. ISBN 3-7772-6825-9 .
  • Jakob Franck :  Landsberg, Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 595 f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Thibault Döring: Leipziger Buchkultur um 1500. Catalog for the exhibition of the same name in the Bibliotheca Albertina Leipzig from April 19 to July 22, 2012, Leipzig University Library 2012. p. 5
  2. ^ Enno Bünz (Ed.): Books, printers, libraries in Central Germany. New research on communication and media history around 1500. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2006. p. 93
personal data
SURNAME Landsberg, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lantzberg, Martin; Lantzperg, Martinus; Lanztperger, Martinus; Lantzperg Herbipolensis, Martinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German printer in Leipzig
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: around 1455
DATE OF DEATH before July 14, 1523