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Johann Haller or Jan Haller (1463 - 1525) is considered to be one of the first commercial printers in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
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Born in in Rothenburg
Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken, the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, well known for its well-preserved Middle Ages old town, a destination for tourists from around the world....
, Haller is perhaps best known for publishing poems of Theophylact Simocatta
Theophylact Simocatta

Theophylact Simocatta was an early 7th century Byzantine Empire historiographer, arguably ranking as the last historian of Late Antiquity.He wrote a history of the reign of emperor Maurice_%28emperor%29 in eight books....
 in 1509 which had been translated from Greek by Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus was the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically-based heliocentrism cosmology that displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....
. At the time, there was no printing press available in Copernicus' neighborhood in Lidzbark Warminski
Lidzbark Warminski

Lidzbark Warminski is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the capital of Lidzbark County....
 (Heilsberg), Frombork
Frombork

Frombork [] is a town in northern Poland, on the Vistula Lagoon, in Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It had a population of 2,528 as of 2005....
 (Frauenburg), nor in Torun
Torun

Torun is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River, with population over 207,190 as of 2006, making it the second largest city of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, after Bydgoszcz....
 (Thorun), therefore Copernicus' translation could have been printed only in Breslau (Wroclaw
Wroclaw

Wroclaw is the chief city of the historical region of Lower Silesia in south-western Poland, situated on the Oder River river. Over the centuries the city has been part of Kingdom of Poland , Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany....
), Kraków
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
, or further abroad.






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Johann Haller or Jan Haller (1463 - 1525) is considered to be one of the first commercial printers in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
.

Born in in Rothenburg
Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken, the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, well known for its well-preserved Middle Ages old town, a destination for tourists from around the world....
, Haller is perhaps best known for publishing poems of Theophylact Simocatta
Theophylact Simocatta

Theophylact Simocatta was an early 7th century Byzantine Empire historiographer, arguably ranking as the last historian of Late Antiquity.He wrote a history of the reign of emperor Maurice_%28emperor%29 in eight books....
 in 1509 which had been translated from Greek by Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus was the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically-based heliocentrism cosmology that displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....
. At the time, there was no printing press available in Copernicus' neighborhood in Lidzbark Warminski
Lidzbark Warminski

Lidzbark Warminski is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the capital of Lidzbark County....
 (Heilsberg), Frombork
Frombork

Frombork [] is a town in northern Poland, on the Vistula Lagoon, in Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It had a population of 2,528 as of 2005....
 (Frauenburg), nor in Torun
Torun

Torun is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River, with population over 207,190 as of 2006, making it the second largest city of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, after Bydgoszcz....
 (Thorun), therefore Copernicus' translation could have been printed only in Breslau (Wroclaw
Wroclaw

Wroclaw is the chief city of the historical region of Lower Silesia in south-western Poland, situated on the Oder River river. Over the centuries the city has been part of Kingdom of Poland , Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany....
), Kraków
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
, or further abroad. Copernicus, who had studied in Kraków, opted for Johann Haller, who together with Kasper Hochfeld had already published the first illustrated work in Poland, Jan Laski
Jan Laski

Jan Laski, John Laski, Johannes Alasco, John a Lasco , was a Poland Protestant evangelical reformer....
's Statues in 1506, and one of 25 works of Laurentius Corvinus
Laurentius Corvinus

Laurentius Corvinus was a Silesian scholar who lectured at Cracow Academy when Nicolaus Copernicus began to study there.Lorenz Rabe was born in Sroda Slaska in Lower Silesia....
 in 1508. Corvinus had lectured at Cracow Academy, while Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus was the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically-based heliocentrism cosmology that displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....
 studied there and they were well acquainted. Corvinus took on a job at Torun
Torun

Torun is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River, with population over 207,190 as of 2006, making it the second largest city of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, after Bydgoszcz....
 and in June 1509 he left there to go to the printer Haller in Kraków
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
 bringing with him the manuscript entrusted to him by Copernicus. Corvinus (Rabe) added a poem and Copernicus wrote a dedication inside for his uncle, the Prince-Bishop
Prince-Bishop

A Prince-Bishop is a bishop who is a territorial Prince of the Church on account of one or more secular principalities, usually pre-existent titles of nobility held concurrently with their inherent clerical office....
 Lucas Watzenrode
Lucas Watzenrode the Younger

Lucas Watzenrode the Younger was a Prince-Bishop of Archbishopric of Warmia ....
. Haller published it before the end of 1509.

After his studies at the Kraków Academy Haller became a merchant in wine, copper and tin, thus enabling himself to engage, at a later time, in the production of printing elements and finally establishing a printing press in Kraków. His first printing products were almanac
Almanac

An almanac is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar. Astronomy data and various statistics are also found in almanacs, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of church es, terms of...
s, followed by the Breviary
Breviary

A breviary is a liturgical book of the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church containing the public or canonical prayers, hymns, the Psalms, readings, and notations for everyday use, especially by, bishops, priests, and deacons in the Divine Office ....
 for the clergy. Haller was able to acquire a partial monopoly on them thereby protecting himself from the competition. Haller soon expanded his business to include scientific books such as writings on astronomy, mathematics, philosophy and law as well as the publishing of royal and church statutes.

Haller manufactured altogether around 3,530 prints. His masterpieces are illustrated books containing 354 sheets of woodcuts.

See also

  • Printing
    Printing

    Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing....
  • Early printing in Poland