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Printers' Marks in the Vassar College Library

Jacob van Liesvelt, 1528-1545 -- Printer's Mark

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1528-1545
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Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Second window. Jacob van Liesvelt (c.1489 – c.1545/6) was born to printer Adriaen van Liesvelt circa 1489 in Antwerp, where he eventually began his own career as a printer and bookseller in 1513. The oeuvre of van Liesvelt consists of both Catholic and

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Jacobus Wolff von Pforzheim, 1488-1518 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1488-1518
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Main (Thompson) Library location: Class of '51 Reading Room. Originally from the town of Kempten, Germany, Jacobus Wolff von Pforzheim (c. 14-- – 1518) settled in Basel and began printing in 1488. Little is known about his early career and education; records show, however, that von Pforzheim may

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Jacques Bouchet, 1522-1545 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1522-1545
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Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fourth window. Jacques Bouchet (c.14-- – c. 15--) was the son of Guillaume Bouchet, a prominent printer in the city of Poitiers, active beginning in the late 15th century. After learning the trade of printing from his father, it is evident that by 1519

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Jean Barril, 1532 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1532
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Sixth window. Jean Barril (c.14-- – c. 15--) spent the majority of his documented career in Toulouse, France working as a writer, merchant, and printer. He is first documented as the author of a book entitled A la requeste de treshaulte et puissante

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Jean Crespin, 1550-1571 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1550-1571
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Fourth window. Jean Crespin (1520 – 1572) was born in the city of Arras in 1520, and attended university in Louvain, where he studied both civil and canon law. By 1542 Crespin had come in contact with French figures in the Reformation, including Claude

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Jean Guyart, 1528-1539 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1528-1539
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fourth window. Jean Guyart (c.14-- – c. 15--) was documented working in Bordeaux beginning in 1520, when his name appeared in the colophon of a book written by Guillaume Piellée. During this time he was probably apprenticed to Parisian printer Gaspard

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Johann Albrecht, 1532-1536 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1532-1536
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- End window. Born in a region near the village of Offwiller, France, Johann Albrecht (c. 14-- – 1539) moved to Hagenau, where he pursued a career as a printer beginning in 1500. In 1516, he printed alongside the notable printer Thomas Anshelm, and

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Johann Besicken, 1484-1506 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1484-1506
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- End window. Johann Besicken (c.14-- – c.1509) was born in Besingheim, Germany and, by 1483, he matriculated at the University of Basel. A decade later, he established a printing press in Rome with Sigismundus Mayr; the two printed together, especially

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Johann Weissenburger, 1503-1513 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1503-1513
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Main (Thompson) Library location:North wing -- Second window. Johann Weissenburger (c.1465 – c.1531) was born in Nuremberg circa 1465 and matriculated at the University of Ingolstadt in 1480. In 1500, Weissenburger was ordained a priest in the parish of St. Lorenz in Bamberg and began printing two

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Johannes Prüss, 1527 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1527
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Fifth window. Johannes Prüss, (c.1490 – 1555) son of Johannes Prüss the Elder, was born in approximately 1490 and quickly learned the trade of printing. Following his father's death in 1511, he and his brother-in-law Renatus Beck assumed operation of

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Johannes Veldener, 1475-1483 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1475-1483
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Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Third window. Early records first locate Johannes Veldener (v) in the diocese of Würzburg. By 1473 he moved to Louvain, where he matriculated at the University to study medicine. Scholars believe that he studied printing in Cologne, but the timeline

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John Skot, 1530 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1530
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Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Third window. The earliest records concerning the career of John Skot (alternatively spelled Scott; c. 15-- – 1537) place him in the Parish of St. Sepulchre in 1521. In this same year, the first dated books attributed to him were published: The Body of

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Juan Rosembach, 1493 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1493
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- First window. Juan Rosembach of Heidelberg (c. 14-- – c. 1530) was first documented in Valencia in 1490, where he was contracted to print breviaries for neighboring dioceses with Jaume de Vila. He established a printing press in Barcelona by 1492

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Julian Notary, 1497 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1497
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Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Third window. Julian Notary (1455 - 1523) spent the early part of his career in a partnership with Jean Barbier and a printer whose initials are alleged to stand for J. Huvin. Together they established their first firm in London, where they published

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Léon Cavellatt, 1578-1593 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1578-1593
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: End window -- North wing. Léon Cavellat (c.15-- – c. 1610) belonged to a prominent family of printers; he and his brothers Pierre and Jean were the sons of printer Guillaume Cavellat. Beginning in 1577, Léon Cavellat worked in Paris at the Sign of the Silver Griffin

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Leonhard and Lukas Alantsee, 1514 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1514
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Main (Thompson) Library location: Second Floor - Southeast wing. Brothers Leonhard (c.14-- – 1518) and Lukas Alantsee (c.14-- – c.1521) originated in Augsburg, and later moved to Vienna, where they became known as the first printers in the city in 1498. Shortly after, they became involved in editing

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Louis Olivelli, 1515 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1515
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Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fourth window. Louis Olivelli (c.14-- – c. 15--) was a printer and bookseller who began his career during the early 16th century in Valence, located in Drôme, a region in southeast France. Around 1510, Olivelli entered a partnership with printer Jean

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Lucantanio Giunta, 1495-1511 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1495-1511
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Fifth window. Lucantonio Giunta (c.14 - c.1538) originated in Florence, but by 1480 he moved to Venice, where he became one of the first printers in the city. Together with his brother Filippo, Giunta prospered and quickly established a network of

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Macé Panthoul, 1501-1509 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1501-1509
Description

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fifth window. Macé Panthoul (c.14-- – c. 15--) worked primarily as a bookseller and bookbinder in Troyes, France. In 1501, his device appeared in the colophon of a book entitled Statuts synodaulx à l'usaige de Troyes. This book caused a great deal of

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Marc Locqueneulx, 1573-1583 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1573-1583
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Main (Thompson) Library location: End window -- North wing. Marc Locqueneulx (15-- – 1589) worked as a bookseller and printer in Paris during the late sixteenth century. Due to similarities in printer's mark and engravings, it is possible that he was the successor of the firm of Philippe Gaultier de

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