Johann Spies
Johann Spies, also spit or skewer (* 1540 in Oberursel, in the county of Königstein, † 1623, buried on February 21, 1623 in Gera ), was a German printer and publisher.
Life
In Oberursel Spies attended the local grammar school and made a coaster teaching. In 1572 he acquired a city charter of the city of Frankfurt am Main, was wage printer and was self-employed since 1579.
From 1582 to 1585 he worked in Heidelberg, drove there in his most theologically oriented program decidedly Lutheran works such as the formula Concordiae. 1585-1607 lived Spies again in Frankfurt, where he pursued his distinct activity as a printer - publisher primarily theological works, among others, Nicholas Reusner and Nicodemus Frischlin. At the Book Fair in Frankfurt in the autumn of 1587 is his most famous Spies printed product before, the Historia von D. Johann Faustus. The title became a remarkable success, which in the same year followed by at least four unauthorized reprints. Already in 1588 moved Spies even a second edition with the printer spiral Homm. This success continued about a decade. 1610 Spies sold his printing and went to Gera, where his son Martin spit lived. When he died in 1611 at the age of 32 years ( baptized on March 31, 1579, buried on September 19, 1611), Johann Spies took over the printing of the Son, the first detectable printing Geras was 1606.
1623 died Johann Spies in Gera, where he was buried on February 21, 1623.
Johann Spies had a family member, Johann Philipp Spies, who was also active as a printer - publishers in Speyer and Ettlingen.