__NOTOC__ Jodocus Badius (french: Josse Bade; es, Jodoco del Badia; 1462–1535), also known as , , and , was a pioneer of the printing industry, a renowned grammarian, and a

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Josse Badius was born in the village of

Asse Asse () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It comprises the towns of Asse proper, Bekkerzeel, Kobbegem, Mollem, Relegem and Zellik. Asse is also situated in the Pajottenland. As of 2020, Asse had a total ...

(formerly Assche) near

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in AD 1462. He was a scholar of considerable repute, studying in Brussels and

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and teaching

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for several years at Lyons,

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. During the years 1492–1498, while in Lyon, he began working as a

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and

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for the printer

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. He moved to

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, where he established his own printing house in the year 1503, which eventually took the name '. With 775 editions, it served as one of the most active publishers during the first three decades of the 16th century. He specialized in

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classical texts in

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, often with his own ' for the student market. For example, for the 2nd-century BC Roman playwright

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, Badius printed a ''Praenotamenta'' in 1502. This introduced the subject of Roman comedy through a lengthy treatment of general theories of poetry and thorough discussion of its origins, development, and classifications. He also published work by contemporary humanist writers. He frequently worked with or for

Johannes Parvus Jean or Jehan Petit, in Latin ''Johannes Parvus'', was a printer, publisher and bookseller in Paris. From 1493 to 1530 he printed about one tenth of all publications in Paris, more than ten thousand volumes. Petit was one of the four major booksel ...

(Jean Petit), the era's most important bookseller and publisher. He was also the author of numerous pieces, amongst which are a life of Thomas a Kempis and a satire on the follies of women entitled ''Navicula Stultarum Mulierum''. Badius died in 1535. His epitaph was written by his grandson

Henry Stephanus Henri Estienne (; ; 1528 or 15311598), also known as Henricus Stephanus (), was a French printer and classical scholar. He was the eldest son of Robert Estienne. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by his father and would eventually t ...

. His work was continued by his 2nd son,

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. After Conrad confessed to being a

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, he was forced to flee to Calvinist Geneva in 1549.

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Image:Prelum Atcensianum.jpg, Another

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of the ''Prelum Ascensianum'' ("press of Ascensius") in 1508. Image:Prelum Ascensianum-monogram--free.jpg, The

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I V A B (''Iodocus Van Asche Badius'') in the lower part of the same printer's mark.

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