David Hoeschel Explained

David Hoeschel (also Höschel) (Latin: Hoeschelius) (8 April 1556, Augsburg – 19 October 1617, Augsburg) was a German librarian, editor and scholar.

He was a pupil of Hieronymus Wolf.[1] While he was rector of the St. Anna Gymnasium in Augsburg, he founded in 1594 with Marcus Welser the press "Ad insigne pinus".[2] Up to 1617 it produced about 70 works, among them being the editio princeps (i.e. first edition) of the Bibliotheca of Photius I of Constantinople.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Paul Stephenson. The Byzantine World. 3 September 2012. 15 February 2009. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-415-44010-3. 439.
  2. Book: Helmut Gier. Johannes Janota. Augsburger Buchdruck und Verlagswesen: Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. 4 September 2012. 1997. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. 978-3-447-03624-5. 272. de.
  3. Book: Gernot Michael Müller. Humanismus und Renaissance in Augsburg: Kulturgeschichte einer Stadt zwischen Spätmittelalter und Dreißigjährigem Krieg. 4 September 2012. 26 March 2010. Walter de Gruyter. 978-3-11-023125-0. 430. de.

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