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List Of Printers In The Southern Netherlands
During the handpress era (roughly 1450–1800), and especially in the 16th century, the Southern Netherlands (corresponding largely to what is now Belgium) was an international centre for the printing of books and images. There were printers in many of the towns, and some towns had many printers. The laws of Charles V required all printers and booksellers to acquire a license in order to exercise their trade, a requirement that was in place through the subsequent period of Spanish rule. His son, Philip II of Spain, further ordered that the Antwerp printers enrol with the Guild of St Luke, adding another layer of control. The business records of one of the most important printing houses of the era, the Plantin Office in Antwerp, have remained intact, and are now the archive of the Plantin-Moretus Museum. As a result, the records of who was involved in printing are extremely accessible to historians and have been much studied. This list is arranged alphabetically by town. Booksell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volcxken Diericx
Volcxken DiericxName also spelled as: Volcxken Diercx, Volcxken Diericx, Volcxken Dierickx (c. 1525 – 1600) was a Flemish print maker and publisher. She and her husband Hieronymus Cock founded an important publishing house in Antwerp, which she continued to operate after the death of her husband.Volcxken Diericx on British Museum site Biography She was probably from Antwerp like her husband Hieronymus Cock.Hieronymus Cockin the RKD Together they founded the publishing house ''Aux Quatre Vents'' (The Four Winds), for which they received a patent on 11 January 1548. Their shop was located near the Antwerp Trade Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius (; also Ortels, Orthellius, Wortels; 4 or 14 April 152728 June 1598) was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the '' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'' (''Theatre of the World''). Along with Gemma Frisius and Gerardus Mercator, Ortelius is generally considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography and geography. He was a notable figure of this school in its golden age (approximately 1570s–1670s) and an important geographer of Spain during the age of discovery. The publication of his atlas in 1570 is often considered as the official beginning of the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography. He was the first person proposing that the continents were joined before drifting to their present positions. Life Ortelius was born on either 4 April or 14 April 1527 in the city of Antwerp, which was then in the Habsburg Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). The Orthel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippus Nutius (printer)
Philippus Nutius or Philips Nuyts (1543—1586) was a printer-bookseller in 16th-century Antwerp. Life Philippus was the son of the printer Martinus Nutius I (1515—1558) and Marie Borrewater. He was licensed as a printer on 15 September 1564 and took over the family business from his mother, "Widow of Martinus Nutius".Max Rooses, "Nutius (Philippe)", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 16(Brussels, 1901), 12-13. When licensed in 1570 under more stringent laws, he declared that he could not himself operate a printing press, but managed the affairs of the printing house and bookshop in the manner he had learned from his father. He knew Latin, French, Spanish, Dutch and Italian, and a little German. In 1574 he was admitted a master of the Guild of St Luke. He was married to Claire Manteaux. From 1579 his younger brother Martinus II was associated with him in the business. Philippus died in 1586 and was buried on 27 March. Publications * ''Den bibel inhoudende het Oudt ende Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinus Nutius
Martinus Nutius or Martin Nuyts was the name of three successive printer-booksellers in 16th and 17th-century Antwerp. Collectively, they were active from 1540 to 1638. Martinus Nutius I Martinus Nutius Meranus (1515—1558) was born at Meer, near Hoogstraten, and sometimes went by the name Vermeere ("of Meer"). He became a burgher of Antwerp on 31 December 1544, having been a member of Antwerp's Guild of St Luke since 1540.Max Rooses, "Nutius (Martin)", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 16(Brussels, 1901), 11-12. In 1541 his address was ''In Sint Jacob, naest die Gulden panne, op die pleijne van de Iseren waghe''. In 1543 he was ''buyten die Camerpoorte in den Gulden Eenhoren'', in 1544, at the sign of the Fox, and from 1546, ''in de twee Oeyvaerts'' (the two storks) on the Corte Camerstraet. His printer's mark became two storks, one carrying a fish or an eel to the other (a needle replaced the fish or eel from 1552). His motto was ''Pietas homini tutissima virtus'' (''Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Moretus
Jan Moretus, also John Moerentorf or Joannes Moretus (2 May 1543 – 22 September 1610), was a Flemish printer who was an apprentice for Christophe Plantin, married his daughter, and later inherited the printing business on his father-in-law's death. Biography Moretus was born in Antwerp, the son of satin-weaver Jacob Mourentorf and Adriana Gras, daughter of Pieter Gras, a silk-weaver from Milan. He began working for publisher Christophe Plantin in 1557, when he was 14 years of age. He worked in Venice, starting around 1562 to 1563, and then returned to Plantin's business in Antwerp by 1565. In 1570, he married Martina Plantin, the second daughter of the publisher. Christophe wrote a letter on 5 November 1570 to Gabriel de Çayas (secretary to Philip II of Spain) about his new son-in-law: After Christophe Plantin's death, Jan Moretus became the owner of the Plantin Press printing company. Under his management, the company focused on 12mo format for text books, doing away w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauthier Morberius
Gauthier Morberius or Walther Morbier (died 1595) was the first printer in the city of Liège, where he was active 1558–1594. Career Morberius, probably a native of the county of Loon, began his printing career in Antwerp in 1553 and was active in that city at least until 1555. He was then invited to set up a press in Liège, the first in the city. He was formally appointed printer to the city on 28 October 1558. Baron de Chestret de Haneffe, "Morberius (Gauthier)", '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 13(Brussels, 1895), 235-237. In 1560 he also became official printer to the prince-bishop of Liège, Robert of Berghes (1557–1564). He continued to serve Berghes's successors, Gérard de Groesbeek (1564–1580) and Ernest of Bavaria (1581–1612). Family His son, Charles, was deaf and mute and unable to continue the family business, but his two younger daughters married men who carried on the trade of printing in the city: Catherine became the wife of Léonard Streel an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Van Liesvelt
Jacob van Liesvelt or Jacob van Liesveldt ( Antwerp, c. 1489, – Antwerp, 28 November 1545), was a Flemish printer, publisher and bookseller.''Uitgaven der Maatschappij der Antwerpsche bibliophilen, Volumes 12-13'' Vereeniging der Antwerpsche bibliophilen, J.-E. Buschmann, 1883, pp. 275-279 His printing press put out publications in a wide range of genres, including poetry by Anna Bijns, Roman Catholic literature, such as an anti-heresy decree, and publications that conflicted with Catholic teachings. Vervliet H.D.L. (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Lesteens
Guiliam or Willem Lesteens (1590–1661), Latinized Gulielmus Lesteenius, was a printer and publisher in the city of Antwerp, in the Spanish Netherlands. Life Lesteens was born in Antwerp on 19 April 1590, the son of Gaspard Lesteens and Catherine Jauwens. In 1612 he married Maria Verdussen, the eldest daughter of his godfather, Hieronymus Verdussen, and set up in business as an independent printer. His shop in the Hoogstraat bore the sign of the ''Gulden Pelicaen'' (Golden pelican). His printer's mark was a pelican with spread wings feeding its young; in later versions flanked by horns of plenty. He shared the privilege of printing decrees on coinage with his brother-in-law, Hieronymus Verdussen the Younger, from 26 June 1625 until Verdussen's death in 1653. In 1641 he served a term as dean of De Olijftak, a chamber of rhetoric, and in 1642–1644 two terms as dean of the Guild of St Luke. In the 1640s he was also the leading figure in an association of Antwerp printers (''so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merten De Keyser
Merten de Keyser (born Martin Lempereur; died 1536) was a 16th-century French printer and publisher working mainly in Antwerp, who printed the first complete French and the first complete English Bible translations as well as a number of works by English Protestant authors. Life Not much is known about his life. He married Françoise La Rouge, the daughter of the Paris printer Guillaume Le Rouge, whose workshop he took over on Le Rouge's death in 1517. When a series of condemnations of evangelical works and a ban on Bible translations were issued in Paris in 1525, he moved to Antwerp.Paul Arblaster, Gergely Juhász, Guido Latré (eds.), ''Tyndale's Testament'', Turnhout: Brepols, 2002, , p. 132 In his Antwerp publications he adapted his name to the language of the publication (using Martinus Caesar in the Latin volumes, Merten de Keyser in the Dutch books, and Martyne Emperowr in the English works). He died in Antwerp in 1536. After his death, his widow continued to run the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard De Jode
Gerard de Jode (also known as Petrus de Jode; – 5 February 1591) was a Netherlandish cartographer, engraver, and publisher who lived and worked in Antwerp. In 1547, De Jode was admitted to the Guild of St. Luke, and began his work as a publisher. He frequently printed the works of other cartographers, including Giacomo Gastaldi's world map in 1555, Jacob van Deventer's map of the Duchy of Brabant in 1558, and Ortelius' eight-sheet world map in 1564. Background His most outstanding work is a two volume atlas ''Speculum Orbis Terrarum'' published in 1578. It was aimed at competing with another atlas, ''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'' by Ortelius, published eight years earlier in 1570. The competing atlas had become so popular by the time he finally published his own atlas however, that his version never sold well, despite his outstanding reputation. Only about a dozen examples have survived. De Jode made plans for another enlarged edition, which was uncompleted at his dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiel Hillen Van Hoochstraten
Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten or Michel Hillenius (Hoogstraten, c. 1476, – Antwerp, 22 July 1558), was a Flemish printer, publisher, bookseller and bookbinder.''Ulenspieghel (1978) Antwerpen, Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten, Ca. 1519'' In: Vervliet H.D.L. (eds) Post-Incunabula en Hun Uitgevers in de Lage Landen / Post-Incunabula and Their Publishers in the Low Countries. Springer, Dordrecht His printing press put out publications in a wide range of genres, including imperial ordinances, s, devotional literature, anthologies of customs, textbooks, etc. He also printed |
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