Jakob Karweyse

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Who is Jakob Karweyse?

Jakob Karweyse was a goldsmith in Marienburg. 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.

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  • Germany

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on July 23, 2013

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