Łazarz Andrysowicz

Łazarz Andrysowicz was a Polish Renaissance printer, founder of the Officina Lazarii and publisher of no fewer than 250 volumes.

Andrysowicz was apprentice of Hieronymus Vietor, one of the most important early book printers in Poland. A few years after Vietor’s death Andrysowicz married his widow, Barbara, and took over his printing office in Cracow. Andrysowicz managed the printing office for seven years and in this short period he published about 250 titles. Among them were works of leading Polish humanists, collections of laws, church calendars, and musical publications. After his death in 1577, his son Jan Andrysowicz took over the business.