Johann Rynmann of

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, also referred to as John Rynmann of Augsburg, (died 1522) is considered to be the first non-printing

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. He started his profession as a bookseller in the

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city of Oehringen and later moved to Augsburg in

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. Unlike many of the publishers of his time, Rynmann would hire others to conduct the technical production of printed material, choosing instead to concentrate on the distribution and sale of work contracted to him. Reynmann published nearly 200 books but never printed one of them.

Known Publications

''Compendium perutile IV librorum sententiarum'' written by Nicolaus De Orbellus (Printed by

Heinrich Gran Heinrich Gran (french: Henri Gran; active 1489–1527 in Haguenau) was a German book printer of the '' incunabular'' era. Together with Johannes Mentelin and Heinrich Eggestein, he was one of the pioneers of book-printing in Alsace. Little is k ...

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, 1503)
''Hieronymus de Villa Vitis.'' (Printed by Heinrich Gran in Haguenau, Alsace, 1509)
''History and Life of the Reverend Doctor

Johannes Tauler Johannes Tauler OP ( – 16 June 1361) was a German mystic, a Roman Catholic priest and a theologian. A disciple of Meister Eckhart, he belonged to the Dominican order. Tauler was known as one of the most important Rhineland mystics. He prom ...

with Twenty-Five of his Sermons'' (printed in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, 1521)
''Rosarium sermonum predicabilium'' written by Bernardino de'Busti (Printed by

, 1500).

References

*Encyclopædia Britannica Onlin

Retrieved 8 July 2007. *Greetham, D. C. 1994. Textual Scholarship. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York, NY. *Vickery, Brian Campbell. 2000. ''Scientific communication in history.'' Scarecrow Press. p. 63. *Hirsch, Rudolf. 1974. ''Printing, selling and reading, 1450–1550.'' Harrassowitz. p. 56. *Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry and John Trevitt. 1996. ''Five hundred years of printing.'' British Library. p. 60. 1522 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Publish-bio-stub