Jakob Karweyse
Jakob Karweyse was a goldsmith in Marienburg in the Kingdom of Poland. He is considered to have been the first Prussian printer.
Karweyse, who was probably a native, became in 1476 citizen of Marienburg. In 1492 he printed Johannes of Marienwerder's book Leben der zeligen vrouwen Dorothea, which described the life of Saint Dorothea von Montau.Works
- Johannes von Marienwerder: Leben der seligen Dorothea. Marienburg: Jakob Karweysse, 1492. 8° IBP 3173. Borm: IG 1781.
- Johannes von Marienwerder: Leben der seligen Dorothea. . 4°
- Ein Passienbüchlein von den vier Hauptjungfrauen. . 8°, IBP 4167.
