Alsace-Lorraine

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- End window. Born in a region near the village of Offwiller, France, Johann Albrecht (c. 14-- – 1539) moved to Hagenau, where he pursued a career as a printer beginning in 1500. In 1516, he printed alongside the notable printer Thomas Anshelm, and

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Fifth window. Johannes Prüss, (c.1490 – 1555) son of Johannes Prüss the Elder, was born in approximately 1490 and quickly learned the trade of printing. Following his father's death in 1511, he and his brother-in-law Renatus Beck assumed operation of

Main (Thompson) Library location: Second Floor - Southeast wing. Brothers Leonhard (c.14-- – 1518) and Lukas Alantsee (c.14-- – c.1521) originated in Augsburg, and later moved to Vienna, where they became known as the first printers in the city in 1498. Shortly after, they became involved in editing

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- End window. Martin Flach (c.14-- – 1539) was the son of Strasbourg printer Martin Flach the Elder; it was from him that he learned to print. Following his father's death, Flach began to operate their family printing press and published his first book

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Fourth window. Renatus Beck (c. 14-- – 1522) was born in Cologne, and by 1510, he began to work with – and married into the family of – printer Johannes Prüss. Upon Prüss' death in 1511, Beck continued his practice along with his brother-in-law

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- End window. Theodosius Rihel (c.15-- – 1608) was active as a printer in Strasbourg beginning in 1555, when he and his brother Josias took over the printing press of their father Wendelin. Before their father's retirement, they printed their first book

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Fourth window. Thomas Anshelm (c.1465 – c. 15--) was born in Baden circa 1465, and twenty years later he matriculated at the University of Basel. By 1488, he issued his first production, Epistolae et Evangelia, in Strasbourg. In the following decade