Jakob Karweyse (also Karweysse; fl. 1492) was a goldsmith in Marienburg (Malbork) in the Kingdom of Poland. He is considered to have been the first Prussian printer.
Karweyse, who was probably a native, became in 1476 citizen of Marienburg. In 1492 he printed Johannes of Marienwerder's book Leben der zeligen vrouwen Dorothea, which described the life of Saint Dorothea von Montau.
Works
- Johannes von Marienwerder: Leben der seligen Dorothea. Marienburg: Jakob Karweysse, 1492. 8° IBP 3173. Borm: IG 1781. (M14326)
- Johannes von Marienwerder: Leben der seligen Dorothea. . 4° (GW M14327)
- Ein Passienbüchlein von den vier Hauptjungfrauen. . 8°, IBP 4167. (GW M29578)
See also
References
- Karl Franz Otto Dziatzko: Was wissen wir von dem Leben und der Person Joh. Gutenbergs? In: Sammlung bibliothekswissenschaftlicher Arbeiten. 8. Heft., Leipzig 1895
- Barbara Wolf-Dahm (1992). "Johannes Marienwerder". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 3. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 475–479. ISBN 3-88309-035-2.
- GW. Willkommen
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