Heinrich Gran

Heinrich Gran was a German book printer and was the first printer in Haguenau, today in France. The first book printed by him is dated to 1489 and until his death in 1523 or 1524 he printed about 250 works. He printed mostly works of theology, including a large collection of Latin sermons. Further, he printed textbooks, works of philosophy and jurisprudence. Gran’s presses printed for a number of publishers from Basel, Cologne, Speier and Strasbourg. His most important client was the pioneering publisher Johann Rynmann of Augsburg who financed the printing of 174 works that came out of Gran’s press. During his career Gran was the main printer of books intended for sale in Hungary.