Łazarz Andrysowicz (died 1577) was a Polish Renaissance printer, founder of the Oficyna Łazarzowa. He published about 270 books, prized for their high quality for the times.
Biography
Łazarz Andrysowicz was born in
Stryków on an unknown date. In 1550 he married Barbara, widow of the Kraków printer
Hieronymus Vietor
Hieronymus Vietor (c. 1480, in Liebenthal (now Lubomierz) Silesia – late 1546 or early 1547, in Kraków)Tyszkowska, Bogusława : Hieronim Wietor - drukarz z Lubomierza', 2009. URL last accessed 2012-11-11. was a printer and publisher born in Sil ...
, and thus became the owner of the latter's printing office. Having expanded and updated the printing facilities, Andrysowicz began printing books as the ''Drukarnia Łazarzowa'' (Łazarz Printing House). After Andrysowicz's death, his son,
Jan Januszowski took over his printing business.
Publishing activities
Andrysowicz's printing office published about 270 works, of which about 130 were in
Polish
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. The press was famed for its high quality printing and editing. Andrysowicz published a number of works important to the development of Polish learning and intellectual life, among them
Stanisław Grzepski's ''Geometria to jest miernicka nauka'' (1566), the first Polish language work on
geodesy
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and
surveying
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; and Olbrycht Strumieński's ''O sprawie, sypaniu, wymierzaniu i rybieniu stawów''(1573), the first Polish-language work on
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and
civil engineering
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. His musical publications are also valued; he printed the works of
Mikołaj Gomółka,
Wacław of Szamotuły, and
Bálint Bakfark
Bálint Bakfark (; in contemporary sources Valentin Bakfark or (from 1565 onward) Valentin Greff alias Bakfark, his name is variously spelled as ''Bacfarc'', ''Bakfarc'', ''Bakfarkh'', ''Bakffark'', ''Backuart'') (1526–30 – 15 or 22 August 1 ...
,
[Sutkowski, 433.] among others.
References
Bibliography
*''Literatura polska. Przewodnik encyklopedyczny'', vol. 1. Warsaw: PWN, 1984.
*Iłowiecki, Maciej. ''Dzieje nauki polskiej''. Warsaw: Interpress, 1981.
*Michalski, Grzegorz. ''An outline history of Polish music''. Interpress, 1979.
*Sawicki, Kazimierz. ''Pięć wieków geodezji polskiej. Szkice historyczne XV–XIX wiek''. Warsaw: Państwowe Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych, 1964.
*Sutkowski,Stefan. ''The history of music in Poland: 1500-1600. The Renaissance''. Warsaw, 2002.
External links
Books printed by Łazarz Andrysowiczin digital library
Polona
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Polish printers
16th-century Polish businesspeople
1577 deaths
Polish publishers (people)
Year of birth unknown
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