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Kasper Straube

fl. 1473 - 1477PrinterEurope · 1473Most named place: Kraków

About Kasper Straube little is known, but nevertheless he is an important figure of the early printing. He was probably from Bavaria, and is known to have worked in Cracow from 1473 to 1477. During his time in Cracow he set up a printing press and is credited for producing the first printed work in Poland. It was a Latin almanac Almanach Cracoviense of 1473.

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