Andreas Cratander (born Andreas Hartmann in

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, ca. 1490; died 1540) was a

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, and book seller. Based in

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, his workshop is estimated to have published at least 150 individual works between 1518 and 1535, predominantly

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and

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classics in their original languages.

Education and Work

He studied at the

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, where he graduated with a baccalaureate. After he learned the ropes in the workshop of the printer Matthias Schürcher in Strasbourg. From 1515 he worked for

Adam Petri Adam Petri (1454 in Langendorf (now part of Elfershausen) in Franconia – 15 November 1527 in Basel) was a printer, publisher and bookseller. Early life Petri was born ca. 1454 in Langendorf near Hammelburg. Like his uncle Johannes Petr ...

in Basel. In 1518, he opened his own print and from 1522 employed the later reformator of

Johannes Oecolampadius Johannes Oecolampadius (also ''Œcolampadius'', in German also Oekolampadius, Oekolampad; 1482 – 24 November 1531) was a German Protestant reformer in the Calvinist tradition from the Electoral Palatinate. He was the leader of the Protestant ...

. Oecolampadius would also lodge in his house. He published a reprint of the commentaries to the Evangeliums of

Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (; Latinized as Jacobus Faber Stapulensis; c. 1455 – c. 1536) was a French theologian and a leading figure in French humanism. He was a precursor of the Protestant movement in France. The "d'Étaples" was not par ...

in 1523 whose cover was adorned with a

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, signed by

Jacob Faber Jacob Faber or Jakob Faber, also known as the "Master IF" from the monogram on his prints, was a formschneider ("block-cutter") of woodcuts and metalcuts, engraver, designer of decorative prints (alphabets, borders etc.) and publisher. Faber ...

. Lefèvre was so impressed, he gave Cratander his commentaries to the letters of the

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to print.

References

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