Vassar College. Library

Main (Thompson) Library location: Class of '51 Reading Room. Based on the information compiled from the colophons of his publications, it is evident that François Fradin (c.14-- – c. 15--) was originally from Poitiers. His career began circa 1493 in Lyon, where he worked with printer Jean Pivard

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Fifth window. François Regnault of Caen (c.14-- – c. 1540/1), occasionally referred to as Renaldus, first appeared in Paris in 1475. While on of the first books attributed to Regnault is Sermones by Jacobus de Voragine in 1500, this is contested by the

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- First window. Johann Fust (c.1400 – 1466) was a wealthy financier who, in 1450, began to lend Johannes Gutenberg large sums of money to support his ambitions of printing with movable type. In 1455, around the time when Gutenberg was publishing his 42

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Third window. Gerard Leeu (c.1445/50 – 1492) was born in Gouda and operated two small printing presses there until 1484, when he relocated his practice to Antwerp. Documents indicate that he was a master printer at the prominent Guild of St. Luke in

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Sixth window. The name and mark of Gian Giacomo de Legnano (c.14-- – c. 15--) first appear in Milan circa 1480. De Legnano shared a printing press with his brothers at the Sign of the Angel and printed books regularly in both Milan and Pavia until 1533

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Second window. Hendrik van den Keere (c.15-- – 1580) was born in Ghent at the beginning of the sixteenth century and succeeded the printing press of Jan Cauweel in 1556. Before becoming a printer, however, van den Keere was a professor of French, as

Main (Thompson) Library location: Class of '51 Reading Room. Few records exist to document the early life of Hugh Singleton (c. 15-- – 1593). It is known, however, that he spent the majority of his life in London, with the exception of periods abroad in Germany. Before becoming a printer, Singleton

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

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

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

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

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