Johannes Oporinus
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Johannes Oporinus was a humanist printer in Basel.
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Theodor Zwinger
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Theodor Zwinger the Elder was a Swiss physician and Renaissance humanist scholar. He made significant contributions to the emerging genres of reference and travel literature. He was the first distingu
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…full-time to his printing workshop. In addition, he completed a medical studies. In 1567, he sold his printshop to the Gemuseus family. Humanist physician Theodor Zwinger was a nephew via his sister. He published a Latin version of the Gesta Danorum in 1534, entitled Saxonis grammatici Danorum historiae libri XVI…
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Title page, Methodus apodemica (Basel 1577)