Johann Haller

Copernicus' translation into Latin of Greek poems by Theophylact Simocatta, 1509
Block-cutter at work. Woodcut by Amman, 1568.

Johann Haller or Jan Haller[1] (1463–1525) is considered one of the first commercial printers in Poland.[2]

  1. ^ Davies, Norman (24 February 2005). "chapter 5". God's Playground: A History of Poland in Two Volumes. Vol. 1: The Origins to 1795. OUP Oxford. p. 118. ISBN 9780199253395. Retrieved 7 February 2021. The first work printed in Cracow, a Latin almanac, was produced by Piotr Straube in 1473. In 1491, Swejbold Vehl printed the first ever book in Cyrillic, an Oktoich hymnal, and was fined by an inquisitorial court for his pains. Johann Haller, another Franconian, and Kasper Hochfeld, had the distinction of publishing Poland's first illustrated work, Jan Laski's legal 'Statutes', in 1506.
  2. ^ (in Polish) Epoka publishers,The History of printing till 18th century. First Polish prints. Opole, 2007.