Anton Koberger
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Anton Koberger , c.1445-1513, German printer. He established in 1470 the first printery in Nuremberg. In 1483 he produced a German Bible and in 1484 the first book printed in the Hungarian language. Koberger was primarily a publisher. He had agencies in many cities, employed traveling salesmen, and issued one of the first advertising circulars.
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