Ernst Vögelin
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Ernst Vögelin (August 10, 1529 - 1589[1][2]) was a 16th-century German pioneer book printer.[3]
Vögelin was born in Konstanz.[1] He studied in Leipzig,[3] married a daughter of the first Leipzig printer[4] Valentin Bapst, took over his shop,[5] and expanded the establishment with a type foundry, publishing house, and a bookstore. By 1559 it has become the largest print shop in eastern Germany.[4] Heavily indebted and accused of Calvinism, Vögelin had to leave the town in 1576.[2][3] Since 1579 he was in Neustadt.[2] His shop was later run by his sons, Gothard, Philip and Walentin.[2] His successors' shop in Heidelberg, was first to print Johannes Kepler's Astronomia Nova.[6]
Ernst Vögelin's notable printings include the Protestant Corpus doctrinae under the title Corpus doctrinae christianae.[7]