Sixtus Riessinger (1440/45-post 1505), also called Xistus Reissinger or Rüssinger, was a

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active in

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. Reissinger was born between 1440 and 1445 in

Sulz am Neckar Sulz am Neckar is a town in the Rottweil (district), district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Neckar, 22 km north of Rottweil, and 19 km southeast of Freudenstadt. Sulz am Neckar came in the poss ...

in the

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. A priest's son, he followed his father's path by becoming himself a

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man. of a It is believed that he attended the

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and completed his studies in the 1464-1465 semester. Before leaving for

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, he is thought to have worked in

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Heinrich Eggestein Heinrich Eggestein (born around 1415/1420 in Rosheim, Alsace; died 1488 or later; also spelled Eckstein or Eggesteyn) is considered, along with Johannes Mentelin, to be the earliest book printer in Strasbourg and therefore one of the earliest ...

’s printing shop. It seems he was already in Rome by 1465 and had already established connections with the

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. During the 1467–1470 years Riessinger became a prominent printer in Rome, publishing at least ten books, among them the possible ''

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'' of

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’s letters and tractates. The issue is controversial, since others have often put first

Arnold Pannartz and Konrad Sweynheim Arnold Pannartz and Conrad Sweynheym were two printers of the 15th century, associated with Johannes Gutenberg and the use of his invention, the mechanical movable-type printing press. Backgrounds Arnold Pannartz was, perhaps, a native of Prague ...

’s edition.

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15th-century German businesspeople 15th-century printers German printers Printers of incunabula People from Sulz am Neckar Year of birth uncertain 1505 deaths {{germany-bio-stub