Mihai Iștvanovici
Mihai Iștvanovici, also known as "the Wallachian" or Stepaneshvili, was a 17-18th century Wallachian letter cutter, typeface designer, typographer and printer who worked in the first typography in Georgia under King Vakhtang VI of Kartli. Mihai was a native of Transylvania, born into a peasant family that served Hungarian landlords. Mihai was sent to Georgia by Anthim the Iberian upon the request of King Vakhtang VI of Kartli, in order to establish a printing press and typography. He likely arrived in Georgia in 1707. Vakhtang VI wrote in his will, "I brought the printer from Wallachia and made a typography".
Book printed in Tbilisi in 1711. In part, the text reads, "By the hand of printer Mihai Stepaneshvili, the Wallachian".
Bibliography
- Paichadze, G. Vakhtang the Sixth, Tbilisi, 1981
- Gvinchidze, O. Anthim the Iberian, Tbilisi, 1973
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