András Hess set up a printing press in Buda in 1472. He printed the first book in
Hungary
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on 5 June 1473
in his
Buda
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press. Hess was probably of
German origin. He dedicated the book, the
''Chronica Hungarorum'' or Buda Chronicle () to László Karai, provost of Buda, who had invited him to Hungary.
[
Today a square is named after him in ]Budapest
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.
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Hungarian publishers (people)
15th-century Hungarian people
People from Buda
Hungarian-German people
Printers of incunabula
15th-century printers
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