Printer's marks

Printers' marks were identifying symbols used by early modern printers to sign their work. Often found on title pages, they combined imagery with initials or mottos. These marks served as a guarantee of quality and helped establish a printer's identity in a growing book market. Today, they offer valuable insights for book historical research.

Ludovicus van Raveschot

1468 -

Opus [...] respo[n]siuu[m] ad ep[isto]lam apologetica[m] M. pauli de middelburgo de an[n]o die et feria dominice passionis by Petrus de Rivo (1488-1491), MPM M 306 (2) (f. f7 verso): Printer's device.

Joseph de Busscher

1741 - 1824

Alban Butler, De levens der hh. vaders, der martelaeren, en van d'andere voornaeme heyligen (1791-1794), Universiteit Antwerpen - CST MAG-P 12.636:1-8 (3# f. H8 verso)

Michael Hillenius Hoochstratanus

1476 - 1558

https://archive.org/details/marquestypograp01arnogoog/page/n236

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    Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten or Michel Hillenius (Hoogstraten, c. 1476, – Antwerp, 22 July 1558), was a Flemish printer, publisher, bookseller and bookbinder. His printing press put out publications in a wide range of genres, including imperial ordinances, almanacs, devotional literature, anthologies of customs, textbooks, etc. He also printed humanistic writings by Erasmus, Adrianus Barlandus and Jacobus Latomus as well as the first Dutch-language version of the story of Till Eulenspiegel. His multiple editions of the Bible in Dutch translation were among the first to be published. Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten is regarded as the most important publisher active in Antwerp in the first half of the sixteenth century. wikipedia

Mathias van der Goes

- 1492

Thesaur[us] presbiteroru[m] qui et [!] stella clericoru[m] inscribitur (1487-1490), Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, B 30260 (f. b6 verso)

Jacob van Liesvelt

1490 - 1545

https://books.google.be/books?id=Wctkr0EQG1kC

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    Jacob van Liesvelt or Jacob van Liesveldt (Antwerp, c. 1489, – Antwerp, 28 November 1545), was a Flemish printer, publisher and bookseller. 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. He published the first complete Dutch translation of the Bible in 1526, largely based on Martin Luther's translation. He was eventually executed for publishing unauthorised versions of the Bible. wikipedia

Joannes de Westfalia Paderbornensis

1450 - 1502

UGENT-CB BHSL.RES.0029 (f. [2e]4 verso): Printer's device

  • 1475
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    John of Westphalia, also known as John of Paderborn, Johann von Westphalen and other spelling variations of Johannes, Paderborn and Westfalia (died 1498), was the first printer in Leuven and possibly in Flanders. He was born in Paderborn or Aachen and seems to have been first active in Venice, but returned to Germany and studied at the university of Cologne before moving to Flanders as a printer. He was active from 1473 in Aalst, working together with Dirk Martens on four books, and from 1474 in Leuven. He worked there in the university until 1498, producing at least 180 books. On his death in 1498, Dirk Martens bought his shop and settled in Leuven. John's brother Conrad of Westphalia was also a printer. wikipedia

Johan Veldener

1473 - 1486

KUL-BC Inc.129 (f. [h]8 recto): Printer's device

  • 1475
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    Johann Veldener (born in Würzburg, died in Leuven between 1486 and 1496), also known as Jan Veldener or Johan Veldenaer; was an early printer in Flanders. He worked as a punchcutter and printer in Cologne, together with William Caxton, who may have financed his first books. They both left for Flanders in 1472. Evidence indicates that Veldener assisted Caxton in setting up his printing office in Bruges and helped printing his first work there, the 1472-1473 Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye by Raoul Lefèvre. Afterwards, Veldener went to Leuven and set up his printing company there, becoming the second printer in Leuven after John of Westphalia, and the third or fourth in the Netherlands. He entered the Leuven University on 30 July 1473 in the faculty of Medicine.He left Leuven in 1477, after the death of Charles the Bold caused unrest in the city, and went to Utrecht. When that city also became troubled, he left for Culemborg, and finally returned to Leuven in 1484.Veldener was also known for creating typefaces, both for his own work and for others, and Caxton is believed to have taken one of Veldener's typefaces with him to England and used it among others on his first edition of the Canterbury Tales. It is probable that he later bought a number of other typefaces from Veldener as well.While in Utrecht, Veldener also supposedly wrote a Chronyck van Hollandt, Zeelandt, ende Westvrieslandt (a Chronicle of Holland, Sealand, and Western Friesland), which was reprinted in 1650 in Utrecht. Other works attributed to him are the Cronijcken van Enghelant (a chronicle of the English kings until 1460), Cronijcken van Utrecht (a history of the Bishopric of Utrecht), Cronijcken van Gelre, Cronijcken van Cleve and the Cronijcken van Brabant. Currently it is believed that these works were anonymous and printed by him, and that the later attributions to him as writer are erroneous. wikipedia

Conrad of Paderborn

1474 - 1523

UGENT-CB BHSL.RES.0042/1 (f. [h]7 recto): Printer's device

Arend de Keysere

1450 - 1490

UGENT-CB BIB.G.000160 (f. [et]6 verso): Printer's device

  • 1484
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    Arend de Keysere (Arnoldus cesaris, Arnoul de Keysere) ( ? - Ghent, 1490) was a Flemish masterprinter of incunabula. De Keysere, who very probably was trained as a printer in France, started printing in Oudenaarde in 1480. Shortly afterwards, in 1483, he established himself as a printer in Ghent where he stayed until his death in 1490. De Keyser edited 33 publications : 13 letters of indulgence, 9 theological works and 5 official publications; 23 of them were in Latin, 8 in Dutch and 3 in French. Two of them have remarkable woodcuts. wikipedia

Geraert Leeu

1445 - 1492

AB-Postel WK 236.b (f. l6 recto): Printer's device

  • 1487
  • coat of arms of Antwerp
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    Gerard or Gheraert Leeu, Leew, Lyon, or Leonis, (between 1445 and 1450, Gouda - 1492, Antwerp) was a Dutch printer of incunabula.Leeu printed his first (liturgical) book in May 1477 in his shop in Gouda, where between 1477 and 1484 he produced a total of about 69 books. In 1484 he moved to Antwerp, where he died in 1492 from a stab wound during a quarrel with one of his typesetters.Besides printing works in Latin and Dutch, he reprinted some of William Caxton's editions for the English market. These were The History of Jason, The History of Paris and Vienne and The Chronicles of England.He published the Dialogus creaturarum in a number of editions, the first being in 1480. He also printed a Latin version of the Solomon and Marcolf legend, entitled Collationes quod dicuntur fecisse mutuo rex Solomon ... et Marcolphus in 1488, which he followed in 1492 with an English translation, This is the dyalogus or communyng betw[i]xt the wyse King Solomon and Marcolphus. It is not clear whether the English translation was done out of Dutch or Latin, but it is likely that Leeu had the translation made in his own shop from the earlier Latin edition. wikipedia

Claes Leeu

UGENT-CB BHSL.RES.0053 (f. 2p5 recto): Printer's device

Martin Morin

1450 - 1522

BnF Gallica

  • 1490
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    Martin Morin was a French printer of incunables, active in Rouen between about 1490 and 1518. It has been suggested that he was born in or near Orbec around 1450, and died in Rouen around 1522. He learned the trade in the Rhine region where he was sent by the Rouen family Lallemant together with Pierre Maufer, and then became a printer and bookseller in Rouen. His 1492 Breviarium Saresberiense or Breviarium Sarum, a breviary for Salisbury, is said to be "the first recorded liturgical book printed for the English market".The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue of the British Library lists 34 works. Other works are listed in the Manuel du bibliographe normand: ou, Dictionnaire bibliographique ..., Volume 2 by Édouard Frère. wikipedia

Roelant van den Dorpe

- 1500

Die alder excelle[n]ste cronyke va[n] braba[n]t (1497), KUL-BC Inc.243 (f. 2d4 verso).

Goovaert Back

- 1517

KBR INC A 1.468 (RP) (f. f4 verso): Printer's device

Adriaen van Berghen

- 1542

KBR INC A 2.115 (RP) (f. z8 verso): Printer's device

Henrick Eckert van Homberch

- 1536

UGENT-CB BHSL.RES.0175/1 (f. B4 verso): Printer's device

Willem Vorsterman

1500 - 1543

Hier beghinne[n] alle die epistolen en[de] euangelien mette[n] sermonen va[n]den gheheele[n] iare [Lectionarium missae] (c.1514), Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, F 29623 (f. K6 verso)

  • 1514
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    Willem Vorsterman (died 1543) was an early printer of books, active in Antwerp between 1504 and 1543. He published about 400 books in Dutch, Spanish, English, Latin, French and Danish, making him the second most productive printer in the Netherlands in the first half of the 16th century, behind Hillenius. His earliest production, between 1500 and 1520, consisted mainly of works of fiction in Dutch often in chapbook format, while he later expanded into other languages and genres, with more luxurious, illustrated editions. He entered the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1512 and was its dean in 1527 and 1542. His shop was in the "Golden Unicorn", near the Kammerpoort in Antwerp. wikipedia

Gilles de Gourmont

1401 - 1501

Versuum ex poetarum principe Vergilio prouerbialium collectanea by Adrianus Barlandus (1515), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience B 56710 (f. g6 verso).

  • 1515
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    Gilles de Gourmont (fl. 1499–1533), Egidius Gormontius in Latin, was a Parisian bookseller and printer active in Paris between 1499 and 1533.He was one of three brothers engaged in the book trade in Paris. He, Robert de Gourmont and Jean de Gourmont traded separately but sometimes in collaboration (under the imprint apud Gormontios).Gilles de Gourmont was the first Parisian printer to print books entirely in Greek, in 1507 and 1508. He also published the first Hebrew grammar in Paris (1508). wikipedia

Jan van Doesborch

1401 - 1536

Den oorspronck onser salicheyt (1517), Museum Plantin Moretus R 8.1 (f. 2Q4 verso).

  • 1517
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    Jan van Doesborch (c. 1470/80 – Utrecht, 1536), also known as Jan van Doesborgh, John of Doesborch or John of Doesborowe, was a Dutch author, bookseller, printer, engraver, publisher and translator. During the course of his career as a printer and bookseller during the period roughly between 1502 and 1532, he published at least sixty books in various genres, including works of prose fiction, jest books, medieval legend, practical handbooks, and colonial travelogues. These books were mainly printed in either Dutch or English.Jan van Doesborch's life is poorly documented. No archives have been preserved from the fifteenth century, with the result that we do not know when or where he was born, from what class or milieu he came, what his marital status was, or what education he received. Presumably he learned the printing profession from the Antwerp printer Roland vanden Dorpe, whose company and inventory he took over from his widow around 1501 or 1502 after his death. Traditionally, his year of birth is estimated circa 1470, but around 1480 is equally possible. In any case, he mastered English and French well enough to be able to translate into and out of those languages. He likely had some knowledge of Latin and possibly Greek. The first recorded appearance of his name is in 1508, in the archive of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke, in which he was registered as an illuminator and engraver.In 1523 Doesborch was apparently in England, as his name can be found as "Johanne van Dwysborow" in the Tax Records of the parish church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in London. That Doesborch had some ties to the English printing and bookselling trades is also evidenced by his printing of a handful of books in English and by his apparent ties to the London bookseller Laurence Andrewe. Scholars of the history of printing have also suggested that Doesborch's publications exerted a considerable influence on the English book market. R. Maslen for instance posits that: "If William Caxton and Wynkyn de Worde had a more obvious influence on a wider range of literary genres, van Doesborch and his translators—who included the Englishman Laurence Andrewe—may be said to have shaped the entire course of English prose fiction in the sixteenth century." Ben Parsons has likewise stated: "Van Doesborch may even be termed a literary dictator, as his publications set the tone of the English book market for a number of years."It is clear that Jan van Doesborch tried to print books for a contemporary market of interested readers. In numerous instances he compiled thematic books, in which he incorporated fragments of texts he had previously published: the books The nine drunkards, Der nine quaetsten, and That bedroch der vrouwen include overlapping materials, for instance. In the last two titles, he mixed stories from the Bible and the classical world with new translations from the famous Burgundian collection of short stories Les cent nouvelles nouvelles (ca. 1464 – 1467). Similarly, his books Of the newe landes, Die reyse van Lissebone, Van der nieuwer werelt, and the broadside De novo mondo incorporate the source material of Balthasar Sprenger's account of his participation in the Seventh Portuguese India Armada of 1505–06, a mercantile expedition from Lisbon to the eastern coast of Africa and India.Another notable aspect of the books printed by Doesborch is the abundance of woodcut illustrations that appear in them. For this reason, Doesborch's books are of some art-historical interest today.The primary typeface used by Doesborch for printing his books is similar or identical to that used by Jacobus de Breda, Henrik de Lettersnider, R. van den Dorpe, and Henrik Eckert in the fifteenth, and by almost every printer in the Netherlands in the sixteenth century.The Utrecht Buurkerk records state that he died (and was buried) there in 1536. wikipedia

Dirk Martens

1446 - 1534

Anonymous (1520). Epistolae Graecae elegantissimæ, ex diuersis autoribus diligenter selectæ. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - bijzondere collecties CaaA816 (f. C4 verso).

  • 1520
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    Dirk Martens (Latin: Theodoricus Martinus) (1446 or 1447 – 28 May 1534) was a printer and editor in the County of Flanders. He published over fifty books by Erasmus and the very first edition of Thomas More's Utopia. He was the first to print Greek and Hebrew characters in the Netherlands. In 1856 a statue of Martens was erected on the main square of the town of his birth, Aalst. wikipedia

Jan Thibault

- 1545

Somnivms et vigilia. Et alia nonnulla by Juan Luis Vivès (1520), Public Library Bruges 7/174 (f. K6 verso).

Frans Birckman

1500 - 1530

C. Scepperus, Assertionis fidei adversvs astrologos. Sive De significationibvs conivnctionvm svperiorvm planetarvm anni millesimi qvincentesimi vicesimi quarti (1523), Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge: 909 (f. a1 recto)

Jan Lettersnijder

1480 - 1527

Een nieu eualuacie boecxken[...] vander munten va[n]den gouden en[de] silueren gheualueerde penninghen (1526), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience B 78694:g (f. [A]1 recto):

Hubertus de Croock

1490 - 1554

De subuentione pauperu by Juan Luis Vivès (1526), Public Library Bruges 4/649b (f. H12 verso).

Merten de Keyser

1450 - 1536

Hermann Bode (1527). Vnio dissidentivm, libellvs, Museum Plantin Moretus 8 153 (1) (f. X4 verso).

  • 1527
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    Merten de Keyser (born Martin Lempereur; died 1536) was a 16th-century French printer and publisher, working mainly in Antwerp. He printed the first complete French and the first complete English Bible translations of several works by English Protestant authors. wikipedia

Govaert van der Haeghen

1494 - 1535

Satyrae decem et sex by Juvenal (1529), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience 604400 (f. H8 verso).

Joannes Grapheus

1502 - 1571

Hilarius Bertulphus e.a. (1531). Epitaphia, epigrammata et elegiæ aliqvot illvstrivm virorvm in fvnere R.D. Mercvrini, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience C 1433 (f. D4 verso).

  • 1531
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    Joannes Grapheus (1502, Alost - 1571) was an early printer based in Antwerp.His brother was Cornelis Scribonius Grapheus the Antwerp city clerk. He married Elisabeth Van Amersfoort, daughter of Gerhard Amersfoort. Her sisters married Franz Birckmann and John Siberch. wikipedia

Joannes Crinitus

Christanus Masseus (1540), Chronicorvm mvltiplicis historiae vtriusque testamenti, found in Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience K 6267 (f. a1 recto)

Marie Borrewater

1501 - 1581

De vera praesentia corporis christi in sacramento evcharistiæ by Joannes Garetius (1541), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience F 164970 (f. A1 recto): Typographical title page with printer's device.

Joannes Hillenius Hoochstratanus

- 1543

Satyræ decem & sex by Juvenal (1541), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience C 62169 (f. H8 verso).

Joannes Steelsius

1500 - 1562

Marcus J. Justinus La historia general del famoso y excellente historiador Trogo Pompeyo (1542), Museum Plantin Moretus A 2412 (f. 2N8 verso)

Gillis I Coppens van Diest

1496 - 1572

Drukkersmerk van Gillis Coppens, gebruikt in Petrus Apianus' Cosmographia (1545), gevonden in Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, G 4925 (f. S4 verso).

Bartholomeus Gravius

- 1578

Joannes Driedo (1547). De concordia liberi arbitrij, & prædestinationis diuinæ, liber vnus. Eivsdem. De gratia & libero arbitrio. Libri II., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Maurits Sabbebibliotheek PN00368/F° (f. *1 recto).

Servatius I Sassenus

- 1556

Σνμμικτων, siue Miscellaneorum decas vna by Petrus Nannius (1548), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections CaaA1700 (f. Y4 verso).

Joannes de Grave

Revocatio haereticorvm a lvtheranismo et a reliqvis haeresum generibus ad euangelicam & verè catholicam ecclisiæ fidem by Adrianus Hecquetius (1550), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience F 70221 (f. O8 verso).

Antoine Marie Bergaigne

Een schoone ende waerachtighe historie vande oorloghe tusschen dye Romeynen ende Ioden by Flavius Josephus (1551), Heritage Library Hendric Conscience 741361:4 (f. M4 verso).

Hans van Liesvelt

Des vyants net by Frans Vervoort (1552), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.01534(a) (f. V4 recto).

Gregorius de Bonte

1494 -

Arithmeticæ practicæ methodus facilis by Gemma Frisius (1552)

Jan vander Loe

1506 - 1563

Rembert Dodoens (1553). Trivm priorvm de stirpium historia commentariorum imagines, Stadsarchief Mechelen M.01461(a)/A (f. *1 recto).

Petrus Colinaeus

Eικαστων tomvs secvndvs continens Eικαστων (id est coniecturalium) iuris ciuilis ad viuidium collegam by Jacobus Curtius Brugensis (1554), Public Library Bruges 2/670B (f. A1 recto).

Martinus I Nutius

1515 - 1558

https://viewer.onb.ac.at/107C006B

Hans de Laet

1524 - 1566

Joannes Despauterius: Grammaticae institutionis pars prima (1556), Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge 329a (f. A1 recto)

Gerard Speelmans

1525 - 1576

ANONIEM (1556). Libellvs valde vtilis, vulgo inscriptus, Manipvlvs cvratorvm, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Maurits Sabbebibliotheek PN00683/1 (f. A1 recto).

Marie Ancxt

- 1566

Hier beghint een cleyn tractaetken van die epidimia ofte van die pestilentie by Gheraert van Kuck (1558), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience J 49892 (f. C8 verso).

Jan I van den Steene

- 1576

Instel (1560), Public Library Bruges 2/1080b (f. A1 recto).

Jan II van Ghelen

- 1583

Dat vyants net by Frans Vervoort (1561), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.01502(a) (f. L8 verso).

Willem Silvius

1520 - 1580

Olaus Magnus: De wonderlijcke historie vande noordersche landen (1562), Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge GGB374 (f. 2O7 verso)

Joannes I Bellerus

1526 - 1595

Simon Stevin (1565). Problematvm geometricorvm [...] libri V., Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge 2/267 (f. A1 recto).

Jan I Verwithagen

1526 - 1587

D. Andreas, Thesavrvs contexendarvm epistolarvm, formandae'qve linguæ, ad imitationem Ciceronianæ dictionis locupletissimus (1561), gevonden in Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Maurits Sabbebibliotheek, PN00499 (f. A1 recto)

  • 1565
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    Jan Verwithagen (also known as Joannes Withagius; Zoersel, circa 1526 – Antwerp, 1587) was a printer and publisher in Antwerp in the 16th century, known for his work in both religious and scientific publications. As a member of the Guild of Saint Luke and a royal book printer, Verwithagen held a prominent position in the city's intellectual and commercial life. wikipedia

Hubertus Goltzius

1526 - 1583

Anonymous (1565). Μοσχου του Σικελου, και Βιωνος Σμυρναιου ειδυλλια, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge B255 (f. I3 verso).Printer's device of Hubertus Goltzius as used in ANONIEM (1565). Μοσχου του Σικελου, και Βιωνος Σμυρναιου ειδυλλια, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge B255 (f. I3 verso).

  • 1565
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    Hubert Goltzius or Hubertus Goltzius, latinized form of Hubrecht Goltz or Hubert Goltz (Venlo, 30 October 1526 – Bruges, 24 March 1583) was a Renaissance painter, engraver, publisher, printer and numismatist from the Habsburg Netherlands. He was also active as an art and antique dealer. He was the great-uncle of the now better known engraver and painter Hendrik Goltzius. He is now recognized mainly for his contribution to numismatics and has been referred to as the 'father of ancient numismatics'. wikipedia

Emanuel Philippus Trognesius

- 1614

Den spieghel der caluinisten by Antoine Duval (1566), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience F 142750 (f. A1 recto): Typographical title page with printer's device.

Jan I van Waesberge

1528 - 1590

Den Psalter Dauids (1566), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience F 25954 (f. M8 verso).

Jean Richard

1516 - 1573

Sphæra by Joannes de Sacrobosco (1566), Public Library Bruges 9/606 (f. *1 recto).

Servatius II Sassenus

De varietate opinionvm liber vnvs by Nicolaus Biesius (1567), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections CaaA1341 (f. A1 recto): Typographical title page with printer's device.

Petrus I Zangrius

- 1610

Apologiæ by Judocus Ravesteyn Tiletanus (1568), Public Library Bruges 1587 (1# f. *1 recto).

Philippus Nutius

1543 - 1586

Sacrificii missæ by Joannes Garetius (1569), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library PN00217/2 (f. a1 recto).

Joannes I Bogardus

- 1616

Commentarius in epistolas by Jacobus Veldius (1572), Public Library Bruges 6/888a (f. *1 recto).

John Fowler

1537 - 1579

Syntaxis historiæ evangelicæ by Alanus Cope (1572), Public Library Bruges 1530 (f. ã1 recto).

Hieronymus I Welleus

A. Augustinus, Meditationes, soliloquia, & manuale (1574), gevonden in: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Maurits Sabbebibliotheek, PN00177/3 (f. Z6 verso)

Christophe Plantin

1520 - 1589

https://anet.be/record/stcvopac/c:stcv:12923390/N

  • 1576
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    Christophe Plantin (Dutch: Christoffel Plantijn; c. 1520 – 1 July 1589) was a French Renaissance humanist and book printer and publisher who resided and worked in Antwerp. He established in Antwerp one of the most prominent publishing houses of his time, the Plantin Press. It played a significant role in making Antwerp a leading centre of book publishing in Europe. The publishing house was continued by his successors until 1867. wikipedia

Gerard Smits

1549 - 1580

Hymnen oft lofsangen die men ghewoonelijc is te singhen ter vesperen tijt by Jan Batson (1576), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience F 230896 (f. A1 recto).

Henricus Henricius

- 1588

Arithmetica oft Een niew ciifferboeck by Willem Raets (1580), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience G 16053 (f. Q3 verso).

Michiel van Hamont

- 1585

Nieuwe ordinancie opde wachte der stadt va (1580), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience K 143120 (f. D4 verso).

Guilliaem van Parijs

- 1586

De zeer wonderliicke ende vvarachtighe historie van Mahomet by Juan Andrés (1580), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience F 9901 (f. V6 verso).

Jan van Brecht

Die clachte, ende troost, van Belgica by Johan Baptist Houwaert (1583), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience C 31440 (f. D2 verso).

Jan III van Ghelen

1545 - 1610

Nauis stultorum: oft, Der sotten schip by Sebastian Brant (1584), museum Platin Moretus R 54.8 (f. 2G4 verso).

Machteld van de Wouwere

Ordonnance et placcart dv roy nostre sire by Philip II [King of Spain] (1587), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience K 62144 (f. K8 verso).

Hendrik Wouters

1523 - 1592

Warachtighe beschrijuinghe vant leuen ende glorioos martirie der by Johannes Bernaerts (1589), Museum Platin Moretus 8 298 (E8 verso).

Arnout Conincx

1548 - 1617

Les oevvres de Philippes des Portes by Philippe Desportes (1591), Heritage Library Hendric Conscience C 154428 (f. Z11 verso).

Petrus I Bellerus

1530 - 1600

Commentariorvm in svam concordiam by Cornelius Jansenius [Gandavensis] (1593), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library PN00164 (f. *1 recto).

Peeter van Keerberghen

1530 - 1570

De eua (1601), Universiteit Gent Acc.004433 (f. K8 verso).

Officina Plantiniana

Caesar Baronius (1602). Annales ecclesiastici [...] tomus quintus, Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Stadscampus RG 4079 A 1.5.

Martinus II Nutius

1553 - 1608

Antonio de Guevara (1604). Libro avreo de la vida y cartas de Marco Avrelio, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Maurits Sabbebibliotheek 2-021659/A (f. *1 recto).

Gheleyn Janssens

1561 - 1619

Willem Spoelberch (1605). Catholyck goet-dvncken ende ondervvys [...] over eenighe bedriegelijcke vragen [...] in een cleyn boecxken [...] gheintituleert. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Maurits Sabbebibliotheek 2-022533/A (f. A1 recto).

Joannes I Masius

1550 -

H. van Cuyck, Litvrgicæ precationes (1605), Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap RG 3113 H 10 (f. i6 verso)

  • 1605
  • Christian cross
  • bio

    Jan Maes or Joannes Masius (active 1566–1615) was a printer and bookseller in the university town of Leuven in the Habsburg Netherlands. wikipedia

Jan I Moretus

1543 - 1610

Henricus Sedvlius, Præscriptiones adversvs hæreses (1606), Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge 1875a (f. *1 recto).

  • 1606
  • compass
  • bio

    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. wikipedia

Gerardus Rivius

Erycius Puteanus (1608). Comvs, sive Phagesiposia cimmeria. Somnivm, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Bijzondere collecties, CaaA2135 (f. N8 verso).

  • 1608
  • caduceus
  • bio

    Gerard van Rivieren, Latinized Gerardus Rivius (active 1592–1625) was a printer in the Southern Netherlands. He was the publisher of Martin Delrio's famous witchcraft treatise Disquistiones Magicae and was at one time suspected of having printed Corona Regia, a satire on James I of England that caused diplomatic ructions. His printer's mark was a winged horse, and his motto "Totum sic irrigat orbem". wikipedia

Rutgeert Velpius

1540 - 1614

Placcaet ende ordinancie vande eertzhertoghen [...] waerby wort ordre ghestelt, tot [...] onderhoudinghe van zekere poincten ende articulen, ghesloten ende ghearresteert in het synode prouinciael van Mechelen [...] junius ende julius, sesthien hondert seuen [Ordonnantie] (31-08-1608), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.01574(a)/B (f. B4 verso).

  • 1608
  • double-headed eagle
  • bio

    Rutger Velpius (around 1540–1614/15) was a 16th- and 17th-century printer and bookseller. He was the first printer in the city of Mons, and later became printer to the court in Brussels. His career coincided closely with the first decades of the Dutch Revolt wikipedia

David Mertens

Aubertus Miraeus (1609). Origines eqvestrivm sive militarivm ordinvm, Stadsarchief Mechelen A.14824 (f. *1 recto).

Pauwels Stroobant

1544 - 1621

Dat vyants net der booser wercken by Frans Vervoort (1609), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library 2-023508/A (f. K8 verso).

Gualterus Manilius

- 1626

Carcer Babylonivs. Tragaed. sacra by Jacobus Cornelius Lummenaeus à Marca (1610), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 4103 D 5.3 (f. A1 recto).

Gaspar Bellerus

Opera receptarvm sententiarvm omnia by Julius Clarus (1616), Ghent University, Boekentoren 120C001.

Cornelis Verschueren

Commentaire catholiqve en forme de discovrs by Anastasius Cochelet (1616), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections R5A14956 (f. V4 recto).

Hendrick Jaye

- 1643

Jacobus Stein (1617). Acanthides Aspricolles. sive. Pro diutina incolumitate. Serenissimi principis Alberti Avstriaci votvm., SESA-Mechelen M.04868(a) (f. A1 recto).

  • 1617
  • towerIHS
  • bio

    Henry Jaye (died 1643) was an English Catholic exile in the Southern Netherlands. He became printer to the city of Mechelen. wikipedia

Joachim Trognesius

1556 - 1624

Het paradiis der gheesteliicker vrevchden verciert met vytghelesen gheesteliicke liedekens (1617), Universiteit Gent - Boekentoren BL.006581

  • 1617
  • campfire
  • bio

    Joachim Trognaesius, sometimes Trognesius or Trogney (died 23 June 1624), was a printer and bookseller in late-16th-century and early-17th-century Antwerp. wikipedia

Cornelis vander Meeren

Jacobus Cornelius Lummenaeus à Marca (1617). Amnon tragoedia sacra, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge 1778d (f. A1 recto).

Jan II van Keerberghen

Decisiones celeberrimi Seqvanorvm senatvs Dolani by Jean Grivel (1618), Stadsarchief Mechelen A.03767 (f. +1 recto).

Guilliam Lesteens

1590 - 1661

Google Books (pre-1700)

  • 1619
  • Pelican in her piety
  • bio

    Guiliam or Willem Lesteens (1590–1661), Latinized Gulielmus Lesteenius, was a printer and publisher in the city of Antwerp, in the Spanish Netherlands. wikipedia

Geeraerdt I van Wolsschaten

1563 - 1634

Silvestro Mazzolini (1619). Enchiridion concionatorvm, ex Roseto aureo rosæ aureæ R.P.F. Silvestri de Priero, Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap 3029 i 17 (f. +1 recto).

Hieronymus I Verdussen

1552 - 1635

Petrus Gvdelinus, Commentariorvm de ivre novissimo libri sex (1620), Stedelijke Erfgoedbibliotheek-Stadsarchief Mechelen A.03561 (f. a1 recto)

Hendrik van Hastens

1566 - 1629

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Jan I van Keerberghen

J. de Cartagena, De religionis christianæ arcanis homiliæ sacræ cvm catholicæ, tvm morales, in tres tomos distribvtæ (1622), Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap RG 3038 A 8 (2# f. π1 recto)

Jan van den Kerchove

- 1653

Justus Rycquius (1624). Parcae id est, Epitaphiorvm à se conscriptorum libri tres, Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Stadscampus RG 4101 i 18 (f. ***1 recto)

Jan I Pepermans

1594 -

Aubertus Miraeus (1624). Rervm Belgicarvm annales, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge 3298 (f. +1 recto).

  • 1624
  • book
  • bio

    Jan Pepermans or Jan Pepermans I, sometimes Latinized as Joannes Pepermannus and in French Jean Pepermans (active 1620–1635) was a 17th-century printer, publisher and bookseller and an official printer of the city of Brussels. He published works by or about some of the leading figures at the Brussels court. wikipedia

Nicolaes Breyghel

- 1669

Olivier de Wree (1625). Menghel-dichten: Fyghe-snoeper; Bacchvs-Cortryck, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge 634a (f. A1 recto).

  • 1625
  • eagleolive branch
  • bio

    Nicolaes Breyghel (died 1669), Latinized Nicolaus Breyghelius, was a leading printer and bookseller in 17th-century Bruges in the Habsburg Netherlands. He was the first publisher of a weekly newspaper in the city. wikipedia

Jan III vanden Steene

1554 - 1626

Ordonnantien ende conditien daer-op van weghen de heeren gheestelicke en (1625), Public Library Bruges B83a (f. B4 verso).

Guilliam van Tongheren

John Zwallaert (1626). Le tres-devot voyage de Iervsalem, Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Stadscampus RG 3101 H 9 (f. π1 recto).

Josine de Vos

Den boeck des levens. Een corte ende zeer aenghename maniere van ghedenckenisse te houden vande bittere passie ende lyden ons salich-makers Iesv Christi by Blasius Palma (1627), Universiteit Gent G.002480/1 (f. B12 verso).

Jan van Meerbeeck

Gerardimontivm sive Altera imperialis Flandriæ metropolis eivsqve castellania by Joannes van Waesberghe (1627), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 2029 C 9 (f. $1 recto).

Gijsbrecht Manilius

Den wegh der saligheyt voor alle lief-hebbers der wereldt by Franciscus Theophilus (1627), Universiteit Gent G.012746.

Huybrecht I Anthoon

1561 - 1630

ANONYMOUS (1628). Ordonnantie ons heeren des conincx. Op het stuck vande munte, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent - Boekentoren BIB.HIST.008677/5 (f. B4 verso).

Gregorius Fabri

Den schat des H. scapvliers by Judocus van Assche (1628), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections RA56330 (f. I12 verso).

Jan IV vanden Steene

- 1629

Costvmen vande twee steden ende lande van Aelst. Bÿ huerlieder duerluchtichste hoocheden ghedecreteert den xy.en maÿ XVI.c achtiene (1628), Antwerp University, Central Library MAG-P 12.1153 (f. N4 verso).

Anna van der Haeghen

- 1629

Placcaet byden vvelcken verboden es (1628), Universiteit Gent G. 000941 (f. B2 verso).

Jan I Mommaert

1560 - 1631

Juste Damant (1630). Maniere vniverselle de fortifier, svr le modelle dv triangle et qvarré, Stadsarchief Mechelen A.03062 (f. *1 recto).

Martinus III Nutius

1594 - 1638

H. Junius, Nomenclator: in qvo propria nomina omnium rerum Gallicâ Belgicâque linguis explicantur, gevonden in Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap: 2103 H 12 b (f. A1 recto)

Balthasar I Moretus

1574 - 1641

Missale Romanvm, ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitvtvm (1630)

  • 1630
  • compass
  • bio

    Balthasar Moretus or Balthasar I Moretus (23 July 1574 – 6 July 1641) was a Flemish printer and head of the Officina Plantiniana, the printing company established by his grandfather Christophe Plantin in Antwerp in 1555. He was the son of Martina Plantin and Jan Moretus. wikipedia

Jan van Ghemmert

De heylighe reliqvien ofte Blevelinghen van de leeringhen vanden salighen Franchois de Sales (1631), Ghent University, Boekentoren BIB.ACC.003981 (f. *4 verso).

Anna vanden Steene

Translaet vande brieuen van hare hoocheyt op t'veruoeren vande handtvvercken oft magnifacturen van herrevvaerts-ouer naer de coninckrycken van Spaignen by Isabel of Austria (1632), Ghent University, Boekentoren BIB.G.029026/13 (f. A2 verso).

Trijn Jansdr.

Historie van eene nieuvve seyndinghe door de paters der societeyt Iesv in't ryck van Cocincina by Cristoforo Borri (1632), Ghent University, Boekentoren BIB.HIST.008652 (f. :;:1 recto): Typographical title page with printer's device.

Philippus van Dormael

Lis æstatis atque hiemis ivdice anno by Guilielmus van Schoone (1632), Ghent University, Boekentoren BIB.G.007930 (f. A1 recto).

Franciscus Simonis

De accvrata circvli dimensione et qvadratvra by Joannes Sturmius (1633), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.01417(a) (f. ):(1 recto).

Catharina Velpius

Histoire dv bon chevalier, messire Iacqves de Lalain by George Chastelain (1634), Public Library Bruges 3307 (f. )-(1 recto).

Catharina Viruli

Roepende faem ouer de blijde by Christophorus van Essen (1635), Universiteit Gent BL. 009463/1.

Jan I Cnobbaert

1590 - 1637

F. van Duysseldorp, Tractatus de matrimonio non ineundo cum his, qui extra ecclesiam sunt (1636), Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap RG 3009 H 8 (f. A1 recto)

  • 1636
  • snakepigeon
  • bio

    Jan or Joannes Cnobbaert (1590–1637) was a Flemish printer, publisher and bookseller who was active in Antwerp in the early 17th century. wikipedia

Geeraerdt II van Wolsschaten

1603 - 1660

ANONYMOUS (1637). Den verholen minne-sangh tusschen de ziele en[de] Christum haeren bruydegom, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Bijzondere collecties: 7A 2013.

Everardus de Witte

Diætema by Robertus Montanus (1637), Public Library Bruges 2309 (f. *1 recto).

Jan van Meurs

1583 - 1652

Diego Covarrubias de y Leyva (1638). Opera omnia, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge 1050 (2# f. *1 recto).

Michel de Laury

- 1639

Ordonnantie van zyne majesteyt vp het faict vande kethelaers (1638), Universiteit Gent G. 000966 (f. A4 verso).

Anna Coorens

De gheestelijcke leeringhe vanden H. abt Dorothevs vyt het landt van Palestynen by Dorotheus Gazaeus (1639), Public Library Bruges GGB189 (f. Z8 verso).

Jacobus Zegers

- 1644

Cornelius Jansenius (1640). Avgvstinvs, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge 1721 (1# f. a1 recto).

  • 1640
  • caduceusduckMercuryMinerva
  • bio

    Jacobus Zegers (died 14 January 1644) was an academic printer and bookseller in Leuven, with many clients among the faculty of Leuven University. He was the printer of Cornelius Jansen's Augustinus (1640). wikipedia

Petrus II Bellerus

Paratitla sive Svmmaria et methodica explicatio decretalivm D. Gregorii papæ IX. by André del Vaulx (1640), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections CaaA1853 (f. 6A4 recto).

Bernardinus I Masius

In primam partem D. Thom. Aquinatis commentaria de Deo trino et vno by Johannes Wiggers (1641), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections RB12457/I (f. )-(2 recto).

Govaerdt Schoevaerdts

Patriarchæ familiarvm religiosarvm, et svppares eorvm by Josephus Geldolfus à Ryckel (1641), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3024 B 15 (f. a1 recto).

Godtgaf I Verhulst

- 1676

Reken-boeckxken om te leeren legghen met penninghen (1624), Ghent University, Boekentoren BIB.ACC.001373 (f. C4 verso).

Anna Drabbe

Recreative beschrijvinghe by Richard Verstegan (1642), Universiteit Gent BL.006730 (f. F8 verso).

Christina vander Zetten

Processie ghenaempt omme-ganck oft kermisse (1642), Universiteit Gent Hist.004073/6 (f. [A]4 verso).

Cornelis Coenesteyn

- 1652

Ioannes Wiggers, In tertiam partem divi Thomæ Aqvinatis commentaria (1643), KULeuven - Bijzondere collecties, RB12397/1 (f. π2 recto).

Andries Bouvet

1613 - 1665

De continentia clericorvm, sive De non alendis concubinis by Pieter Peck (1644), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3119 F 11 (f. I4 verso).

Hendrick Laurensz

1588 - 1649

Den ontdeckten dvvaelgeest ofte Ontleedinghe van alle schrifturen by Simon de Coninck (1644), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3102 H 8 (f. π1 recto).

Petrus III Zangrius

1619 - 1696

Theologia moralis ad prima by Juan Caramuel de Lobkowitz (1645), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections R5B7136 (f. π1 recto).

Pierre le Petit

1617 - 1686

Photo personnelle d'un livre de ma bibliothèque (Lettres de Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, 1645)

Hendrik II Aertssens

1586 - 1658

Johannes Buchler, Thesavrvs conscribendarvm epistolarvm novvs et vtilissimvs (1646), Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap RG 4102 H 16 (f. 2A6 verso)

Servaes Manilius

Corte verclarijnghe. Vande conditien (1646), Ghent University, Boekentoren BIB.G.021447 (f. A6 recto).

Hendrik I Aertssens

1586 - 1658

Johannes Buchler, Thesavrvs conscribendarvm epistolarvm novvs et vtilissimvs (1646), Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap RG 4102 H 16 (f. 2A6 verso)

Jacob van Ghelen

De devotie tot den H. Ioseph by Paul de Barry (1646), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3060 H 3 (f. N6 verso).

Franciscus Vivien

Matthias Faber (1646). Avctarivm operis concionvm tripartiti, Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Stadscampus RG 3055 A 1 (1# f. +2 recto).

Cornelis Woons

1621 - 1673

Het leven vanden heylighen Franciscvs Xaverivs by Horatius Torsellini (1646), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3041 D 34 alfa (f. ã1 recto).

Hieronymus II Verdussen

1583 - 1653

Pieter Peck (1647). Opera omnia, Stadsarchief Mechelen A.03578 (f. 2 5+6 recto).

Jan Vryenborch

Institvtionvm politicarvm libri qvatvor by Nicolaus Vernulaeus (1647), Stadsarchief Mechelen A.04111 (f. ã1 recto).

Robert Jaye

1615 - 1672

Processie ghenaempt omme-ganck oft kermisse (1647), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.02213(a) (f. [A]4 verso).

Josse Coppens

- 1652

Opera historica omnia; Bvrgvndica, Avstriaca, Belgica by Pontus Heuter (1649), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections R7B363 (f. π1 recto).

Jacobus van Meurs

1610 - 1679

Benedictus Haeften, Venatio sacra, sive De arte qværendi devm libri XII. (1650), Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap RG 3023 A 1 (f. 3F8 recto)

  • 1650
  • Minervachickenowl with ear tuftscaduceustrumpet
  • bio

    Jacob van Meurs (1619/1620 - c. 1680) was a Dutch engraver and publisher from Amsterdam. His works are in the National Gallery of Art and the National Portrait Gallery. Active from 1651 to 1680, he specialized in works of geography, travelogues, and history. He published the first version of The New and Unknown World: or Description of America and the Southland which was printed in Dutch and included 125 copper engravings. wikipedia

Balthasar II Moretus

1615 - 1674

Jacobus van Eyck (1651). Vrbivm Belgicarvm centvria, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - bijzondere collecties RA56407 (f. L4 recto).

Anthone Sersanders

Beschryvinghe vande weerde by Petrus Boele (1652), Universiteit Gent G. 001236.

François d' Erckel

- 1676

Defensio by Petrus van Buscum (1672), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.01495(a) (f. A1 recto).

Frans II Fickaert

1614 - 1654

Dilvcidatio speculi apologetici by Antonius Maria Galitius (1653), Public Library Bruges 2917 (f. *1 recto).

Bernardus-Benedictus van den Kerchove

Lofdicht by Gullielmus vander Machtelt (1653), Universiteit Gent G. 000718 (f. B2 verso).

Petrus Augustinus Denique

Regles (1654), M-Leuven OD/370 (f. [D]6 verso).

Philips van Eyck

1633 - 1707

Marcos Fernandez (1655). Olla podrida a la Española, compuesta i façonada en la description de Munster en Vesfalia con salsa Sarracena i Africana, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience C 1866 (f. O6 verso).

Arnout I van Brakel

1606 - 1675

Het open paradys door hondert devotien tot de H. Maria by Paul de Barry (1655), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library GBIB 2-016712/A (f. 2C12 verso).

Jan II Mommaert

1611 - 1669

Historia ludicra by Balthasar Bonifacius (1656), Antwerp University, Central Library MAG-P 13.139 (f. 4K2 recto).

Marie de Man

1638 - 1671

Franciscus Deurwerders (1657). De dynsdaeghsche devotie, tot den H. Dominicvs, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent - Boekentoren Th.004163.

Anne Mercq

Academie by Petrus Marchant (1657), Ghent University, Boekentoren G.000632 (f. F6 recto).

Cypriaan Coenesteyn

Noctva Belgica by François Crespin (1657), Public Library Bruges 1834 (f. 2M3 verso).

Marcelis Parys

Oratio de Sancto Lvca evangelista et medico by Michiel Boudewijns (1659), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience F 83730? (f. C2 recto).

Jacob II Mesens

1635 - 1663

Alonso Orozco, de (1660). De gheesteliicke trouwe, dat is: Een tractaet vande dry gheloften, en 't ghene de religieusen toestaet te doen, Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Stadscampus RG 3027 F 13 alfa (f. A1 recto).

Engelbertus Gymnicus

1628 - 2000

Anonymous (1662). Opvs continens enarrationes in Psalmos, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Bijzondere collecties R7B383 (f. *2 recto).

Catharina van Boeckel

Het leven ende martyrie vanden H. Adrianvs by William Zeebots (1662), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections BTAB CaaA 1220:3.

Balthazar Vivien

Antonius Anselmo (1662). Tribonianvs Belgicvs sive Dissertationes forenses ad Belgarvm principvm edicta, Stadsarchief Mechelen A.03894 (f. [A]2 recto).

Huybrecht II Anthoon Velpius

1608 - 1670

Placcaeten ordonnantien landt-chartres privilegien by Johannes Baptista I Christyn (1664), Stadsarchief Mechelen A.03891/03 (f. 5H4 verso).

Maximiliaen Graet

Petrus Marchant (1665). Cophini fragmentorvm panis verbi Dei, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Maurits Sabbebibliotheek 2-029596/B (f. «03C0»1 recto).

Michiel Cnobbaert

1628 - 1673

Cornelius Hazart (1666). Catholycke vraghe: Waer was de ghereformeerde kercke voor de tijden van Lvther, ende Calvyn?, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Maurits Sabbebibliotheek 2-000949/A.

Lucas de Potter

Commentaria in Apocalypsim B. Ioannis apostoli by Joannes da Sylveira (1666), Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience F 202811 [C2-525 d] (1# f. 2S8 verso).

Gysbrecht Lints

Christi-fidelium contritionale by François Crespin (1667), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.03575(a) (f. *1 recto).

Petrus III Bellerus

Cristobal Crespi de Valdaura (1667). Observationes illustratæ decisionibus, Stadsarchief Mechelen A.03787 (f. π2 recto).

Martinus I van Bossuyt

Oratio fvnebris habita Mechliniæ in solennibus exequiis illustrissimi ac reverendissimi domini by Johannes vander Linden (1668), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.00143(a) (f. D4 verso).

Franciscus I Foppens

1650 - 1686

J. Biroat, Panegyrques des saints (1669), Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Ruusbroecgenootschap RG 3024 A 8 (1# f. *2 recto)

Georgius Lipsius

1608 - 1682

Lovvain tres ancienne et capitalle ville du Brabant by Jean Nicolas de Parival (1669), M-Leuven OD/482 A (f. *1 recto): Typographical title page with printer's device.

Reynier Sleghers

Gabriel Meurier (1670). Conivgations flamen francoisfs [!], Universiteit Gent Acc.015004.

Philips Vleugaert

- 1678

J.B. Wouters, Het wonder leven, van de H. Rosa de S. Maria, van Lima in Peru, maghet uyt de derde order van den H. Dominicus (1671), KULeuven Maurits Sabbebibliotheek 2-000705/A:3 (8990144)

Pierre Hacquebaud

Pharmacopoea by Jan van Troyen (1671), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections RB10005 (f. [a]1 recto).

Jan de Grieck

1628 - 1699

Jan de Grieck (1672). Den wysen gheck, uyt-deylende, soo oude, als nieuwe geestigheden, Universiteit Gent BL. 007395.

Hieronymus Nempe

Analecta in Proverbia by Cornelius Jansenius [Iprensis] (1673), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3076 D 1.2 (f. π1 recto).

Peeter de Dobbeleer

Dissertationes juris et decisiones posthumæ by Jean Deckher de Walhorn (1673), Stadsarchief Mechelen A.03795 (f. π1 recto).

Bauduyn Manilius

Aenleydinghe tot den oprechten gheest van het christendom (1674), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections GBIB 2-001380/B (9087245).

Adrianus de Witte

Monita salutaria B.V. Mariæ ad cultores suos indiscretos by Adam Widenfelt (1674), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3091 C 10:1 (f. A1 recto).

Maria van Brakel

Kort begryp van de aflaeten ende privilegien by Jan van de Sande (1674), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections GBIB 2-000681/A (8980858).

Jacob III Mesens

- 1705

Gheweldighe heerschappye vanden onrechtveerdighen Boris by Cornelis de Bie (1675), Ghent University, Boekentoren BIB.BL.006450/a (f. [A]2 recto).

Catharina de Pauw

Historia et concordia evangelica by Antoine Arnauld [jr.] (1675), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3075 H 10 (f. π2 recto).

Lambert II Marchant

Het leven ons heeren Jesu-Christi by Peter Paul Bouché (1676), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3077 E 3 alfa (f. *2 recto).

Hieronymus III Verdussen

1620 - 1687

Henricus Spondanus (1677). Generale chronycke van de gheschiedenissen der gantsche vverelt, van het begin der selve tot de gheboorte Isev Christi, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge FAVA kl. II 122 (f. a1 recto).

Jan Theodore Anthoon Velpius

1653 - 1717

Ayant esté trouvé necessaire de regler en attendant la ratification de la paix by I. Ieghers (1678), Ghent University, Boekentoren Acc.Meul.1678/4 (f. A3 verso).

Jacoba de Somere

Prognosticatie ofte Voor-segginghe vande revolutie deses jaers by Jan van Waereghem (1679), Ghent University, Boekentoren BIB.G.000643 (f. B4 recto).

Jacob I van de Velde

Den verlichtenden wegh by Mathias Croonenborgh (1680), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections GBIB 2-000929/A (9067090).

Eugenius Henricus II Fricx

1644 - 1730

F. Tavernier, Advertissement omme d'heer Jan VVain contrewarandain [...] (1680) Stedelijke Erfgoedbibliotheek-Stadsarchief Mechelen M.03607(a)/A (f. I2 verso)

Guiliam Stryckwant

Commentaria in primam secundæ divi Thomæ Aquinatis by Johannes Wiggers (1682), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library 2614 G 8/2 (f. A1 recto).

Joannes Baptista I Verdussen

1625 - 1689

Guilielmus Estius (1682). Annotationes in præcipva ac difficiliora Sacræ Scriptvræ loca, Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Stadscampus RG 3016 A 6 (f. *1 recto).

Balthasar III Moretus

1646 - 1696

Jan Christoffel Jegher, Missale Romanvm ex decreto sacrosancti concilij Tridentini restitutum (1682), KULeuven - Bijzondere collecties, A82266/1 (f. k10 recto)

Clara Kikepoust

Den wegh der saligheyt voor alle lief-hebbers der wereldt by Franciscus Theophilus (1684), Universiteit Gent G.008353.

Martinus Hullegaerde

Pentateuchus sive Commentarius in quinque libros Moysis by Cornelius Jansenius [Iprensis] (1685), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3076 C 7.1 (f. *1 recto).

Laurentius vander Elst

Regelen (1685), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.02793(a) (f. C17 verso).

Frederik van Metelen

1656 - 1709

Jacques Willemart (1685). Lectiones evangelicæ in dominicas et ferias quadragesimæ, cum meditationibus in passionem domini, & sermonibus paschalibus, Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Stadscampus: RG 3027 D 7 (f. «03C0»1 recto).

Hendrick II van Dunwalt

- 1686

Redelycke gehoorsaemheyt der catholycke Nederlanden in het lesen der H. Schrifture by Martinus Harney (1686), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections BRES R3A43584.

Gillis Monsieur

- 1692

Den predickenden Jonas van desen tydt ofte Het II. deel vanden Spiegel der sondaeren by Franciscus van den Werve (1686), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections BTAB 7A 2469.

Judocus de Grieck

1648 - 1715

Jan de Grieck (1689). De heerelycke ende vrolycke daeden van keyser Carel den V., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Bijzondere collecties 7A 3818.

Jan Jaye

1619 - 1690

Reflexions de justice & d'equité en la cause de by C.C. van Blitterswijck (1689), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.00562(a) (f. π1 recto).

Pieter I van Pee

- 1691

Ghedachten op slapeloose nachten by Jacob Cats (1689), Universiteit Gent BL.005575.

Andreas Jaye

Officium S. Victoris martyris (1692), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.03576(a) (f. [A]1 recto).

Sara Anna van Wesenbeeck

Universa theologia by Laurentius Neesen (1693), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections RC805 (f. §.1 recto).

Leonard vande Walle

Traite nouveau de l'usage du compas de proportion by Charles d' Eendero (1695), Public Library Bruges 2038 (f. [*]1 recto).

Franciscus Xaverius I van Heurck

- 1707

Corte en veel in-houdende reghelen der volmaecktheyt by Fulgentius Bottens (1696), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections GBIB 2-000821/A (9047611).

Godtgaf II Verhulst

1632 - 1700

Phrases instauratæ by Aldus Manutius [jr.] (1696), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections BTAB RA 17888.

Martinus II van Bossuyt

Breve apostolicum by Innocentius XII [Pope] (1697), Ghent University, Boekentoren 183.C261 (f. D2 recto).

Michael Maes

- 1703

Wegh der volmaecktheyt by Teresa of Avila (1697), Ghent University, Boekentoren BIB.G.001455/1[bis] (f. A1 recto).

Florián Anisson

Epistolæ aliquot selectæ by Jerome (1697), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3107 H 3 (f. *4 recto).

Jan Danckaert

Historie ofte Kort verhael van den oorspronck des alder-volsten aflaet van Portiuncula (1698), Universiteit Gent G.001507.

Ignatius van Pee

- 1700

Conditien ende ordonnantien op het faict vande verpachtinghe (1698), Public Library Bruges S26-VII (f. A2 verso).

Hendrick Saetreuver

Almanach ofte oprechten Venetiaenschen hemel-meter voor het jaer by Theodor Caesmes (1700), Ghent University, Boekentoren BIB.G.000647 (f. [A]1 recto).

Guillielmus Cawe

Catechismus oft Christelycke leeringe by Guillaume de Pretere (1700), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.02846(a) (f. A1 recto).

Henricus van Overbeke

1660 - 1704

Declaratio plenior circa articulos doctrinæ in Belgio controversæ (1701), Public Library Bruges 1842b (f. [A]1 recto).

Josse van Pee

Specie-boecxken vervattende een kort bondigh onderwys met een uyt-gherekent tafelken by Donaes vanden Bogaerde (1701), Public Library Bruges 12/559c (f. 2[A]1 recto).

Pieter van der Meersche

Naader bewijs (1701), Antwerp University, Central Library RG 3087 C 3.2 (f. A1 recto).

Pieter vande Cappelle

- 1759

De sotte wereldt ofte Den waeren afdruck der wereldtsche sottigheden by Jan de Grieck (1703), Katholic University Leuven, Special Collections GBIB 2-000697/A (8986062).

Anna Maria de Neuf

1654 - 1714

Anonymous (1705). Offices de quelques festes plus solemnelles de l'année, Museum Plantin Moretus 8 64 (f. 2B5 verso).

  • 1705
  • compassAnna Maria de Neuf
  • bio

    Anna Maria de Neuf (1654–1714), was a printer and manager of the Plantin Press in Antwerp, a leading publisher in Antwerp, from 1696 to 1714. wikipedia

Cornelis Meyer

- 1734

Den wysen geck by Jan de Grieck (1705), Public Library Bruges GGB308 (f. A1 recto).

Maria Magdalena Jouret

Les oeuvres de sainte Therese by Teresa of Avila (1707), Stadsarchief Mechelen A.10234:1-5 (5# f. A1 recto).

Hieronymus V Verdussen

1650 - 1717

Het merch der zielen oft Van volcomentheyt alder deughden een seer innich ende devoot boeck by Johann Tauler (1707), Public Library Bruges GGB1107c (f. π1 recto).

Jan Baptist Verhulst

- 1724

Gheestigheden der Vlaemsche rhym-const by Jan Pieter van Male (1708), Public Library Bruges 2/619 (f. π1 recto).

Simon t'Serstevens

1668 - 1737

La manne celeste de l'ame by Paolo Segneri (1714), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library 2-021142/A (f. A1 recto).

Johannes Paulus Robyns

A. Poirters: Ydelheyd des werelds (1714), SESA Mechelen, M.04766(a) (f. π2 recto)

Paulus I Roose

Pratique de la benediction et consecration des vierges (1716), Public Library Bruges B516 (f. π2 recto).

Petrus van Langenacker

Privilegien statuyten ende reglementen der stadt Hasselt by Josephus Clemens van Beieren [prince-bishop of Liege] (1716), Stadsarchief Mechelen A.15968/A (f. 2F2 verso).

John Eton

- 1731

Theologia capucino-seraphica scholastica et moralis. Pars tertia by Franciscus Maria of Brussels (1718), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library 2-028872/B (f. «03C0»1 recto).

Franciscus II Foppens

- 1730

Historia ecclesiastica ducatus Geldriæ by Joannes Knippenbergh (1719), Public Library Bruges 2772 (f. *1 recto).

Franciscus Ignatius Vinck

1743 - 1798

Historia ecclesiastica ducatus Geldriæ by Joannes Knippenbergh (1719), Public Library Bruges 2772 (f. *1 recto).

Alexander Josephus Everaerts

1697 - 1767

Lof van den maeghdelycken staet namelyck in de wereldt by Cornelius Hazart (1723), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library 2-000965/A (f. A1 recto).

Andreas Wydts

- 1749

Matthias Faber (1723). Conciones funebres, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge 5/582 (f. Z3 verso).

Balthasar IV Moretus

1679 - 1730

Anonymous (1724). Officium beatæ Mariæ virginis, Museum Plantin Moretus 8 63 (f. 2H6 verso).

Petrus Grangé

- 1734

Christelycke onderrichtinghen weghens de kennisse van Godt by Lambertus Baerts (1724), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.04772(a) (f. π2 recto).

Joannes Baptista II Verdussen

1659 - 1759

Anonymous (1726). Corpus juris civilis Romani, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge FAVA kl. II 129 (1# f. π1 recto).

Martinus van Overbeke

- 1776

Provincia Belgica ord. ff. eremitarum S.P.N. Augustini by Nicolas de Tombeur (1727), Stadsarchief Mechelen A.00005 (f. 3T2 verso).

Anna Quarré

De trauwe van Marie de Valois princesse van Bourgongne by Jan Antoon Labare (1727), Public Library Bruges S236 (f. π1 recto).

Jean II Leonard

Les memoires de messire Michel de Castelnau by Jean le Laboureur (1731), Public Library Bruges 3162 (3# f. 4C2 recto).

Petrus Foppens

- 1761

Joannes Franciscus Foppens (1734). Diplomatum Belgicorum nova collectio sive Supplementum ad Opera Adiplomatica, Universiteit Antwerpen - Bibliotheek Stadscampus MAG-P 14.395:3-4 (1# f. 7A2 verso).

Jacobus van Gaesbeeck

- 1746

Bibliotheca ecclesiastica (1736), Stadsarchief Mechelen A.11214 (f. π1 recto).

Anna Margaretha Blanckaert

1670 - 1750

Graduale Romanum juxta missale ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum by Jan Christoffel Jegher (1742), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library 2-003712/D (f. +1 recto).

Jean-Baptiste Macqué

Theses theologicæ de extrema unctione by Willibrord Joris (1774), Public Library Bruges S169 2 (f. [A]1 recto).

Joannes Jacobus Moretus

1690 - 1757

Anonymous (1753). Missæ defunctorum, juxta usum ecclesiæ Romanæ, cum ordine et canone extensæ, M-Leuven OD/692 (f. D4 verso).

Michiel Petrus de Goesin

1709 - 1761

Tractatus de desiderio et fuga episcopatus by Joannes Baptista Vermeersch (1753), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library 63 C 1/5.3 (f. A1 recto).

Jean Moris

Coutumes et extrait des ordonnances du pays et comté de Namur (1757), Public Library Bruges FAVA kl. I 28 (f. A1 recto).

Gerrit ten Boeklaar

Het evangelische visnet (1763), Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel BV-26-P-0140 (f. A1 recto): Typographical title page with printer's device.

Joannes Judocus Gerardus de Marcour

1731 - 1797

Den Nederlandschen negotiant (1764), Antwerp University, Central Library MAG-P 11.47.9 (f. a3 recto).

Petrus de Sloovere

1712 - 1767

Reductie van het Frans-gelt (1765), Public Library Bruges B347 1766 c (f. D3 recto).

Joannes Godefridus Josephus de Roveroy

1729 -

Almanach voor heden en morgen by Petrus Croon (1767), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.01473(a)/B (f. N2 recto).

Joannes Franciscus vander Elst

1728 - 1811

Prael-treyn by Klauber [Brothers] (1775), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.06098(b) (f. I1 recto).

Joannes-Petrus II de Cort

1725 - 1811

Sancti fundatores religiosorum ordinum by Jan Antoon Frans Pauwels (1777), Katholic University Leuven, Mauritz Sabbe Library 2-009259/C (f. M2 recto).

Johannes de Groot

Epreuve des caracteres qui se fondoient ci-devant a La Haye dans la fonderie de J. De Groot (1788), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.01126(a) (f. π1 recto).

Academic Press Louvain

Mémoire pour l'université de Louvain (1788), Bibliotheek Hasselt Limburg OD-D-0263.2 (f. A1 recto): Typographical title page with printer's device.

Bernard-Grégoire-Constantin Poelman

1755 - 1831

Gesprek tusschen Belfort en Dulle Griet (1789), Bibliotheek Hasselt Limburg OD-D-0398.14 (f. [A]6 verso).

Cornelis I de Moor

- 1799

Several excellent methods of hearing mass, by Lucy Herbert (1790), found in Openbare bibliotheek Brugge B479 (f. [A]1 recto).

Matthieu Lemaire

1750 - 1805

Catalogue des livres de la bibliotheque de feu don Simon de Santander by Carlos Antonio de la Serna y Santander (1792), Public Library Bruges 265b (2# f. π1 recto).

Antonius Grangé

Négociant des Pays-bas (1798), Antwerp University, Central Library MAG-P 11.47.11 (f. [*]3 recto).

William Caxton

1422 - 1491

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  • bio

    William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books.His parentage and date of birth are not known for certain, but he may have been born between 1415 and 1424, perhaps in the Weald or wood land of Kent, perhaps in Hadlow or Tenterden. In 1438 he was apprenticed to Robert Large, a wealthy London silk mercer.Shortly after Large's death, Caxton moved to Bruges, Flanders, a wealthy cultured city in which he was settled by 1450. Successful in business, he became governor of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London; on his business travels, he observed the new printing industry in Cologne, which led him to start a printing press in Bruges in collaboration with Colard Mansion. When Margaret of York, sister of Edward IV, married the Duke of Burgundy, they moved to Bruges and befriended Caxton. Margaret encouraged Caxton to complete his translation of the Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, a collection of stories associated with Homer's Iliad, which he did in 1471.On his return to England, heavy demand for his translation prompted Caxton to set up a press at Westminster in 1476. Although the first book that he is known to have produced was an edition of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, he went on to publish chivalric romances, classical works and English and Roman histories and to edit many others. He was the first to translate Aesop's Fables in 1484. Caxton was not an adequate translator, and under pressure to publish as much as possible as quickly as possible, he sometimes simply transferred French words into English; but because of the success of his translations, he is credited with helping to promote Chancery Standard (a London dialect of Middle English) that he used to the status of standard dialect throughout England.In 2002, Caxton was named among the 100 Greatest Britons in a BBC poll. wikipedia

Colard Mansion

1401 - 1484

OB-Brugge Inc. 3883-1 (f. [e]11 verso): Printer's device

  • bio

    Colard Mansion (or Colart, before 1440 – after May 1484) was a 15th-century Flemish scribe and printer who worked together with William Caxton. He is known as the first printer of a book with copper engravings, and as the printer of the first books in English and French. wikipedia

The printers listed on this page come from the Short Title Catalogus Vlaanderen (STCV), a retrospective bibliography of books printed before 1801 in what is now Flanders, including Brussels. All other data comes from Wikidata and Wikipedia. This website is a project by the Flemish Heritage Libraries. There are 255 printers on this page. This page was last updated on 2026-01-27.