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Nicolaus Laurentii

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Page from the edition of The Divine Comedy with commentary by Cristoforo Landino printed by Nicolaus Laurentii in 1481. This particular copy includes a dedication by Cristoforo Landino to Bernardo Bembo.[1] Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Nicolaus Laurentii (fl. 1475–1486)[2] is the Latin form of the name of Niccolò di Lorenzo, also known as Niccolò Todesco ("Nicholas the German"). He was a German printer who lived in Florence, Italy in the late fifteenth century.[3] He was among the first printers to use copper plate engravings and printed a number of works of importance to the Italian Renaissance.

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