Jakob Klöss: The printer of Decsi’s adagia- a printer and publisher in Bátfa

Ecsedy V., Judit (2000) Jakob Klöss: The printer of Decsi’s adagia- a printer and publisher in Bátfa. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 45 (3-4). pp. 295-310. ISSN 1216-9803

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Abstract

The author examines the reason why the press of the one-time Upper-Hungarian town Bártfa (today Bardejov, Slovakia) owned by Jakob Klöss was chosen in 1598 to print Baranyai Decsi’s Adagia, his third book to appear in Hungary. His former two works both dedicated to the Transylvanian Prince Sigismund Báthory unlike his Adagia which was addressed by the author to Georgius Warkocs were published in two different Transylvanian towns. It was very likely his person that connected Baranyai Decsi and the printer of Bártfa. He was akin to several noble families resident in Upper Hungary who financially supported a series of books issued by the printer Jakob Klöss. It appears that it was to the advantage of Baranyai Decsi’s proverb-collection that it was issued by a competent printer in a well-equipped office also supplied with Greek types. The author also gives a reconstruction of the printing types used in Adagia.

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