Johann Reger (1454 - 1499)
1454Kemnat, Germany1499GermanyGermany
Johann Reger
Johann Reger, also known as Johannes Reger and Hannss Reger, was a German publisher and printer.
He is known to have worked in Ulm, where he purchased a printing press where he printed and published a whole series of books. Among these were Ptolemy's Geographia and his successful treatise De locis ac mirabilibus mundi, an encyclopedic description of the inhabited world and the wonders of the earth.
Date and place of birt: | 1454, Kemnat, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 1499, Germany |
Nationality: | Germany |
Period of activity: | XV century |