Background
Vögelin was born in Konstanz. He studied in Leipzig, married a daughter of the first Leipzig printer Valentin Bapst, took over his shop, and expanded the establishment with a type foundry, publishing house, and a bookstore.
Vögelin was born in Konstanz. He studied in Leipzig, married a daughter of the first Leipzig printer Valentin Bapst, took over his shop, 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. Since 1579 he was in Neustadt. His successors" shop in Heidelberg, was first to print Johannes Kepler"s Astronomia Nova.