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Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- End window. Johann Besicken (c.14-- – c.1509) was born in Besingheim, Germany and, by 1483, he matriculated at the University of Basel. A decade later, he established a printing press in Rome with Sigismundus Mayr; the two printed together, especially

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from William H. DeWitt, 27 Feb 1861

Johann Besicken, 1484-1506 -- Printer's Mark

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