Josef Ritter von Kurzböck, also Joseph von Kurzbeck (21 November 1735, Vienna, Habsburg monarchy – 18 December 1792, Vienna, Habsburg Empire), was an Austrian printer, bookseller, merchant, estate owner and writer and one of the most prolific, Serbian Cyrillic printers in the Austrian Empire.
[1] In 1755, he took over from his father the university book printing shop that had two presses and in the next few years he acquired 15 presses with a capacity to print books in Illyrian (Serbian Cyrillic)[2] and Oriental languages.
[3] In recognition of his typographic achievements, he was granted permission to build a university bookstore.
Kurzböck continued his technical improvements in letter casting and letterpress printing, making the privately-protected book printer with efficient equipment and fair prices to successfully compete against Johann von Trattner (1717-1798) the Court Printer.
[3] His letterpress products were among the finest in the Holy Roman Empire as Austria and Hungary were then known.