![]() ![]() It was based on Waldseemüller's editions of 15. The book was printed in 1522 by Johannes Grüninger, an esteemed printer from Strasbourg who had previously printed the Waldseemüller. In the meantime, Fries was busy preparing a new edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. He collaborated with Peter Apian in the publication of a much-reduced version of Waldseemüller's map of 1507. In 1520, Fries became involved in the publication of new editions of maps by Martin Waldseemüller. After 1519 he moved to Strasbourg, where he stayed until about 1527. He wrote several medical works, among them a practice entitled Spiegel der Artzny (Mirror of Medicine), a trendy book with seven editions up to 1546. He practised medicine in Colmar from 1514 to 1518. His first professional position was in Sélestat, near Strasbourg. ![]() He obtained the degree of doctor of arts at one of these institutions. ![]() Probably he attended the universities of Vienna, Montpellier, Piacenza, and Pavia. His university education in philosophy and medicine seems to have been acquired at several schools. Nothing is known about his youth and early schooling. Lorenz Fries, a physician, astrologer, and cartographic editor, was a native Alsatian. ![]()
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