András Hess set up a printing press in Buda in 1472.
He printed the first book in
Hungary
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on 5 June 1473
in his
Buda press. Hess was probably of
German
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origin. He dedicated the book, the
Chronica Hungarorum
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Buda Chronicle
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or Buda Chronicle ( hu, Budai Krónika) to László Karai, provost of Buda, who had invited him to Hungary.
[
Today a square is named after him in ]Budapest
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