Wolfgang Hopyl
Wolfgang Hopyl was a printer in Paris .
He probably came from Utrecht or The Hague. In 1489 he came to Paris. From 1494 to 1500 he was partner of Jean Himan (Higmanus) and from 1503/03 partner of Henricus Stephanus . From 1494 he also printed for the English market, such as for the London stationery dealer Nicolas Lecomte Liber synonymorum and in 1495 Liber Festivalis . In 1496/97 he employed David Lauxius from Edinburgh, who later became a teacher in Arras and a friend of Badius Ascensius . From 1512 he printed for Franz Birckmann , as well as for the Cologne bookseller Gottfried Hittorp (* around 1485/1490; † 1573).
Most of his books use the motto Fortuna opes aufferre: non animum potest .
Web links
- Prints by Wolfgang Hopyl in the complete catalog of the cradle prints
Individual evidence
- ^ E. Gordon Duff: A Century of English Book Trade - Short Notices of All Printers, Stationers ... p. 76 ( digitized version )
- ↑ a Latinized form of the Scots surname of Lowis what probably the 'David Loys' of the diocese of St Andrews who graduated as a Bachelor of Arts
- ↑ Josef Benzing: Birckmann, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 254 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Otto Mühlbrecht: Birkmann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 663 f.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hopyl, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Book printer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |