Adolf Rusch von Ingweiler (ca. 1435 – 26 May 1489 in

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) was a notable German printer and publisher. He was the first printer north of the Alps to print in Antiqua.

Life and work

Rusch was probably born at Ingweiler in Alsace. Before 1488 he married Salome Mentelin, a daughter of the well-known Straßburg printer

Johannes Mentelin Johannes Mentelin, sometimes also spelled Mentlin, (born around 1410 in Schlettstadt, today Sélestat; died December 12, 1478, in Strasbourg) was a pioneering German book printer and bookseller. In 1466 he printed and published the first Germa ...

, in whose printing shop he assisted. He used to cooperate with

Johann Amerbach Johann Amerbach (1444 in Amorbach, Germany; 25 December 1514 in Basel, Switzerland) was a celebrated printer in Basel in the 15th century. He was the first printer in Basel to use the Roman type instead of Gothic and Italian and spared no expense ...

, a printer from

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, from which he used some sets of

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in 1481.Halporn, Barbara (2000).p.14 In the ''Rationale divinorum officium'', printed by Rusch in or before 1474, he was the first to use the Antiqua type which had originated in Italy; in this type Rusch issued Latin classics, including works by

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and Seneca. Jointly with Mentelin he produced theological and medical works, in the Mentelin typeface. Rusch left behind an extensive correspondence. In the 19th century his work had not yet been attributed to him and was ascribed to the R-printer because of the peculiar shape of the capital 'R' used by him.

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Example of Adolf Rusch's printing style
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rusch, Adolf German printers 1489 deaths Year of birth uncertain

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