Günther Zainer

Günther Zainer (or Zeyner or Zeiner) (died 1 October 1478) was the first printer in Augsburg, where he worked from 1468 until his death; he produced about 80 books including two German editions of the Bible and the first printed calendar.

He also printed the first large illustrated book, Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda aurea in 2 volumes with 131 woodcuts, 1471–76.

Zainer also printed popular literature in German, works on building and medicine and calendars.

The German edition of the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine, was the first illustrated book he printed.

In 1471/72 Zainer made the first printed edition of the extremely popular Der Heiligen Leben.

Initial from the German Bible, printed by Zainer in Augsburg in 1477
Printed list of works printed by Zainer, ca. 1480
Earliest printed example of a classical T and O map (by Günther Zainer, Augsburg, 1472), illustrating the first page of chapter XIV of the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville (it shows the continents as domains of the sons of Noah : Sem ( Shem ), Iafeth ( Japheth ) and Cham ( Ham )).
Early woodcut print of a saint kneeling before three women by Zainer, circa 1473.