Adam Petri

Adam Petri (1454 in Langendorf (now part of Elfershausen) in Franconia – 15 November 1527 in Basel) was a printer, publisher and bookseller.

His books were illustrated by the likes of Urs Graf, Hans Holbein the Younger, and Conrad Schnitt among others.

He also employed a number of prominent collaborators as writers, editors and proofreaders including Konrad Pellikan, the young Sebastian Münster, Beatus Rhenanus, Ulrich Hugwald and his relative Johannes Petreius.

[5] His edition of Jan Hus, which appeared under the title Liber egregius de unitate ecclesiae, cuius author periit in concilio Constantiensi in 1520, attracted a great deal of attention.

Between 1523 and 1524 Petri printed Luther’s translation of the Old Testament under the title Der ursprunglichen Hebreischen warheit nach auffs trewlichst verdeutscht.