Ernst Vögelin

Ernst Vögelin (August 10, 1529 - 1589[1][2]) was a 16th-century German pioneer book printer.[3]

An illustration from a 1581 book printed by Vögelin

Vögelin was born in Konstanz.[1] He studied in Leipzig,[3] married a daughter of the first Leipzig printer[4] Valentin Bapst, took over his shop,[5] and expanded the establishment with a type foundry, publishing house, and a bookstore. By 1559 it has become the largest print shop in eastern Germany.[4] Heavily indebted and accused of Calvinism, Vögelin had to leave the town in 1576.[2][3] Since 1579 he was in Neustadt.[2] His shop was later run by his sons, Gothard, Philip and Walentin.[2] His successors' shop in Heidelberg, was first to print Johannes Kepler's Astronomia Nova.[6]

Ernst Vögelin's notable printings include the Protestant Corpus doctrinae under the title Corpus doctrinae christianae.[7]

References
  1. Geschichte der heimlichen Calvinisten in Leipzig. 1574 bis 1593, Neujahrsblätter der Bibliothek und des Archivs der Stadt Leipzig, Volume 1, C.L. Hirschfeld., 1905, pp. 6-11 (Google e-books)
  2. Vögelin, Ernst (1529 - 1589), also this record; records of Europe's printed heritage
  3. "Literary Leipsic", by Amelia von Ende, in: The Bookman, Vol. 39, 1914, p. 405
  4. Leipzig - city of books, by Walter Mayer, Karlsruhe/Germany, Current Concerns 2012, No 11, 12 March 2012
  5. A description of De Philippi Melanchthonis ortu, totius vitae curriculo et morte. by Abe Books (retrieved March 12, 2014)
  6. Max Caspar, Kepler, 1993, ISBN 0486676056, p. 141)
  7. p. 166
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