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.

Titlepage of Luther's Das new Testament, printed by Petri in 1525