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16 October 2015

Iceland. Register

ICELAND.

Breidabolstad. Printing recorded 1562. Sources: Timperley (1842); Not USTC.

Breidafiord, Hrapsey. Printing recorded 1773. Sources: Timperley (1842).

Hólar. Holum ; Hola. Printing recorded 1530. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).

Hólar. Jón Matthiasson. 1534-1562. Printer. Breviarium Holense. A Swede. The press was imported on the initiative of Bishop Jon Arason. Sources: Clair (1976) ; Wikipedia.

Hólar. Brandur Jónsson. 1616-1624. Printer. Sources: Clair (1976).

Hólar. Jón Jónsson. 1577-1616. Printer. Died 1616. First printed book in Icelandic. Biblia Pad Er, Öll Heilög Ritning, vtlögd a Norrænu was the first Icelandic bible. Sources: Clair (1976).

Leira. Printing recorded 1794. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).

Núpufell. Printing recorded 1578. Sources: Timperley (1842).

Núpufell. Jón Jónsson. 1589. Printer. Died 1616. Sources: Clair (1976).

Skálholt. Printing recorded 1684. Sources: Timperley (1842).

Skálholt. [s.n.]. 1685-1697. Printer. Sources: Clair (1976).