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Heinrich Petri

1508 – 1579

Swiss printer in Basel (1508-1579), active 1528-1579

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About Heinrich Petri

Lived 1508 – 1579 (aged 70–71). Heinrich Petri was a Swiss publisher and printer.

Heinrich Petri (; 1508–1579), frequently misdeclined as "Henricus Petrus", and his son Sebastian Henric Petri (1546–1627) were influential early printers in Basel . In addition to their own names, their printshop also used the Latin name .

Among their best known works, both of 1566, the second edition of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by Nicolaus Copernicus, first published in 1543 in Nuremberg by Johannes Petreius, and of Narratio Prima by Georg Joachim Rheticus, published in 1540 in Danzig (Gdańsk) by Franz Rhode.

Also in 1566, Officina Henricpetrina published Petri Nonii Salaciensis Opera, the most important work by the Portuguese mathematician Pedro Nunes.

Works

Liber pantegni, Opera omnia ysaac. Ed. Andreas Turinus. Lugduni 1515; Constantini opera. Apud Henricus Petrus. Basileae 1536/39. The Cosmographia''' by Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) from 1544 was the earliest German description of the world. Daniel Santbech, Problematum astronomicorum et geometricorum sectiones septem'', published 1561 in Basel by Henrich Petri and Petrus Perna.

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Born
1508, Basel
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Also known as
Henricus Petri, H. Petri, Heinrich von Henricpetri, H. von Henricpetri, Henri Pierre

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Heinrich Petri?

Swiss printer in Basel (1508-1579), active 1528-1579

When was Heinrich Petri born?

Heinrich Petri was born in 1508 in Basel.

When did Heinrich Petri die?

Heinrich Petri died on 24 April 1579 in Basel.

What was Heinrich Petri's occupation?

Heinrich Petri was a publisher and printer.

What nationality was Heinrich Petri?

Heinrich Petri was Swiss.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Heinrich Petri

· Wikidata: Q55842868

· DBpedia: Heinrich Petri

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