Jakob Karweyse

Jakob Karweyse (also Karweysse; fl. 1492) was a goldsmith in Marienburg (Malbork) in the Kingdom of Poland. He is considered to have been the first Prussian printer.

Karweyse, who was probably a native, became in 1476 citizen of Marienburg. In 1492 he printed Johannes of Marienwerder's book Leben der zeligen vrouwen Dorothea, which described the life of Saint Dorothea von Montau.

Works Johannes von Marienwerder: Leben der seligen Dorothea. Marienburg: Jakob Karweysse, 1492. 8° IBP 3173. Borm: IG 1781. (M14326) Johannes von Marienwerder: Leben der seligen Dorothea. [Marienburg: Jakob Karweysse, um 1492]. 4° (GW M14327) Ein Passienbüchlein von den vier Hauptjungfrauen. [Marienburg: Jakob Karweysse]. 8°, IBP 4167. (GW M29578)