Thucydidis Historiae liber primus et secundus, Graece

Christian Wechel (1495-1554), printer. Wechel began as a journeyman for Basel printer Conrad Resch before taking over the press in 1526 and obtaining French naturalization in 1528. He excelled in printing Greek, Hebrew, and humanist works, joining figures like Simon de Colines and Robert Estienne in advancing classical typography in Paris. Committed to the Reformation, Wechel published the 1528 French version of Le Livre de vraye et parfaicte oraison, drawing on Luther's Betbüchlein. His outputs included major classical and biblical works, such as the 1531 Greek orations of Aeschines and Demosthenes, Hebrew grammars by Clenardus (1540), Guidoacerius (1537), and Caligny (1548), among others.