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.
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Willem Silvius

1520 - 1580

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

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David Mertens

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

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Jan I Pepermans

1594 -

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

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    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

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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.

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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 249 printers on this page. This page was last updated on 2026-08-04.