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Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944
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To the German printing trade, also, the sixteenth cen- tury brought a notable decline of reputation. In its first two decades Johann Schoeffer (son of Peter) produced some fine books at Mainz ; at Strassburg Griininger poured forth illustrated books, and Johann Knoblouch and Matthias Schiirer were both prolific. The importance of Cologne diminished, though the sons of Heinrich Quen- tell had a good business. Augsburg, on the other hand, came to the front, the elder and younger Schoensperger, Jo
...hann and Silvanus Otmar, Erhard Oglin, Johann Miller, and the firm of Sigismund Grim and Marcus Wirsung all doing important work. At Nuremberg the chief printing houses were those of Hieronymus Holzel, Johann Weissenburger, and Friedrich Peypus. Leipzig and Hagenau both greatly increased their output, and with the advent of Luther, Wittenberg soon became an important publishing centre. Luther's activity alone would have sufficed to make the fortunes of any publisher had it not been for the fact that as each pamphlet from his pen was produced at Wittenberg by Hans Lufft, or some other authorized printer, it was promptly pirated in 169 FINE BOOKS other cities, often with the retention of the original im- print.

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