Ernst Vögelin Explained

Ernst Vögelin (August 10, 1529 - 1589^[1]) was a 16th-century German pioneer book printer.

Vögelin was born in Konstanz.^[2] He studied in Leipzig, married a daughter of the first Leipzig printer^[3] Valentin Bapst, took over his shop,^[4] and expanded the establishment with a type foundry, publishing house, and a bookstore. By 1559 it has become the largest print shop in eastern Germany.^[3] Heavily indebted and accused of Calvinism, Vögelin had to leave the town in 1576.^{[1] [5]} Since 1579 he was in Neustadt.^[1] His shop was later run by his sons, Gothard, Philip and Walentin.^[1] His successors' shop in Heidelberg, was first to print Johannes Kepler's Astronomia Nova.^[6]

Ernst Vögelin's notable printings include the Protestant Corpus doctrinae under the title Corpus doctrinae christianae.^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cni00044645 Vögelin, Ernst (1529 - 1589)
2. Geschichte der heimlichen Calvinisten in Leipzig. 1574 bis 1593, Neujahrsblätter der Bibliothek und des Archivs der Stadt Leipzig, Volume 1, C.L. Hirschfeld., 1905, pp. 6-11 (Google e-books)
3. http://www.currentconcerns.ch/index.php?id=1639 Leipzig - city of books
4. http://www.abebooks.it/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=7066779192&searchurl=bsi%3D0%26amp%3Bbx%3Don%26amp%3Bds%3D30%26amp%3Bkn%3Dluther%2Bnot%2B%2528%2522print%2Bon%2Bdemand%2522%2Bor%2B%2522printed%2Bon%2Bdemand%2522%2529%2BNOT%2B%2528%2522print%2Bon%2Bdemand%2522%2BOR%2B%2522printed%2Bon%2Bdemand%2522%2529%26amp%3Bpodrfn%3Don%26amp%3Bsgnd%3Don%26amp%3Bsortby%3D1%26amp%3Bxpod%3Don A description
5. "Literary Leipsic", by Amelia von Ende, in: The Bookman, Vol. 39, 1914, p. 405
6. Max Caspar, Kepler, 1993,, p. 141)
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=kXvodBZcyasC&pg=PA166 p. 166