Łazarz Andrysowicz (died 1577) was a

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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

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on an unknown date. In 1550, he married Barbara, widow of the Kraków printer

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, 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

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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

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and

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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

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. His musical publications are also valued; he printed the works of

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Wacław of Szamotuły Wacław z Szamotuł (Szamotuły, near Poznań, c. 1520 – c. 1560, Pińczów), also called Wacław Szamotulski and (in Latin) Venceslaus Samotulinus, was a Polish composer. Life Wacław z Szamotuł was a student at the Lubrański Academy in ...

, 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'') (c. 1507 – 15 or 22 August 157 ...

,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 Andrysowicz
in digital library

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