Johann Reger
Back to people overviewA German printer active in Ulm during the late 15th Century. Reger was commissioned by Justus de Albano of Venice to print a re-issue of Leinhart Holl’s ‘Geographia’ of 1482. de Albano had purchased Holl’s printing house, and contents, after Holl’s bankruptcy in 1484, and two years later Reger produced his re-issue of the great Ptolemaic work.
![Preview of Johann Reger's re-issue of the famous Ulm Ptolemaic map in original colour with 12 Windheads around the outside](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/foan2pfl/production/90e12ab68e9970d5895ceca538ea4dc5cff07e4f-4134x3019.jpg?w=3840&q=85&auto=format)