of the edition of the Epistolarum Novum of the humanist Francesco Filelfo in 1486, he became the first printer of a book in the Antique typeface. It was followed by a surge in published books authored by humanists. Between 1487 and 1500, he diversified and more frequently published in the German language. From 1498 to 1502 he printed a seven-volumed bible with a commentary of Hugh of Saint-Cher for Anton Koberger of Nuremberg. The editor of the bible was Conrad of Leonberg. In 1490 Amerbach bought the house "to the chair" in the centre of Basel where he opened an additional printing house and by 1496 he founded together with Johannes Petri and Johann Froben an alliance of three printers in which most of the costs for printing books was divided between either two or three printers. Larger projects like the collected works of Augustinus the three published together for smaller projects they relied on themselves. He and his fellow printers Johann Froben and Johannes Petri became known as the Three Hannsen, as they joined forces for many of their projects and were regarded as the major printers of Basel. Amerbach owned two printing houses, one on each side of the Rhine in Basel. Even though he sold the printing house in the House to the Chair to Froben in 1507, the alliances cooperation would last until 1512. His successor would be Johann Froben, a close friend to Erasmus of Rotterdam. During his lifetime, he assembled an extensive library which would be included in the Amerbach-Cabinet by his grandson Basilius Amerbach. Personal life He married Barbara Ortenberg (a daughter of a politician of Basel) in 1483 and was the father of Basilius Amerbach ("the Elder", 1488–1535) and Bonifacius Amerbach (1495–1562, father of Basilius Amerbach the Younger). His first son Bruno was named after the founder of the Carthusian order. His daughter Margaret was named after Saint Margaret. He was close to the Carthusian order, which led the in his neighborhood. He also was the father of a daughter that died before she her third anniversary. He was buried in the Monastery St. Margarethental. References Further reading Alfred Hartmann (editor), Die Amerbachkorrespondenz, vol. 1, Verlag der Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Basel 1942, , Barbara C. Halporn (editor), The Correspondence of Johann Amerbach, University of Michigan Press, November 2000, hardcover, 400 pages, 1440s births 1513 deaths German printers People from Amorbach