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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Jan van Meurs

1583 - 1652

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

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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)

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    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

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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.