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311:. The earliest productions of the Elzevir press are marked with an angel bearing a hook and a scythe, and various other devices occur at different times. When the Elzevirs did not wish to put their name to their works they generally marked them with a sphere, but of course the mere fact that a work printed in the 17th century bears this mark is no proof that it is theirs. The total number of works of all kinds which came from the presses of the Elzevirs is given by Willems as 1608; there were also many forgeries. Hitherto unrecorded Elzevir imprints can still be discovered.
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Abraham, born in 1622, had since 1647 been in partnership with his father and uncle at Leiden, and when they died Daniel, son of Bonaventure, born in 1626, joined him. Their partnership did not last more than two years, and after its dissolution Jean carried on the business alone until
557:(Brussels, 1880), with a history of the Elzevir family and their printing establishments, a chronological list and detailed description of all works printed by them, their various typographical marks, and a plate illustrating the types used by them. This is the standard 19th century reference.
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in folio in two volumes. Louis died in 1670, and Daniel in 1680. Besides
Bonaventure, another son of Matthieu, Isaac, born in 1593, established a printing press at Leiden, where he carried on business to 1625; but none of his editions attained much fame. The last representatives of the Elzevir
134:(1596–1651), Matthijs' second son, was the first in the family to acquire printing equipment, which then passed into the hands of the partnership of Bonaventura and Abraham in 1626 when he decided to exit the business. Abraham died on 14 August 1652, and Bonaventura about a month afterwards.
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In an age of non-standardized spelling, the name of the family was most often spelled
Elsevier, or Elzevier, and their French editions mostly retain this name; but the name was gradually corrupted in English into Elzevir as a generic term for their books. The family originally came from
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A complete catalogue of all the publications of the
Elzevier presses at Leyden, Amsterdam, the Hague, and Utrecht: with introduction, notes, and an appendix containing a list of all works, whether forgeries or anonymous publications, generally attributed to these presses, Volume
97:, where Louis was born circa 1546. Although he worked in the book trade throughout his life, Louis seems to have worked mostly as a bookbinder in his early decades. He relocated with his family several times, including a stint in
122:, which was produced in 1583. In all Louis published about 150 works. He died on 4 February 1617. Of his seven sons, five, Matthieu/Matthijs, Louis, Gilles, Joost and Bonaventura, adopted their father's profession. Among them,
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Elzevier Press. A handlist of the productions of the Elzevier presses at Leyden, Amsterdam, The Hague and Utrecht, with references to Willems, Berghman, Rahir and other bibliographers
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Elzevir editions rests chiefly on the works issued by the firm of Bonaventura and Abraham. Their Greek and Hebrew impressions are considered inferior to those of the
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his death in 1661. In 1654 Daniel joined his cousin Louis (the third of that name and son of the second Louis), who was born in 1604, and had established a printing press at
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79:(founded in 1880), took over, for marketing purposes, the name and logo of this early modern business, but without having any real historical connections to it.
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Elsevier, Annex de: Analyse des matériaux les plus utiles, pour des futures annales de l’imprimerie des Elsevier
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e.a. (red.), Boekverkopers van Europa - Het 17de-eeuwse
Nederlandse uitgevershuis Elzevier, (Walburg pers, Zutphen, 2000, 352p)
174:, and their series of Latin, French and Italian classics in small 12mo. Also, they are noted for their publication in 1638 of
616:"Elzevirian Republics, wise merchants, and new perspectives on Spain and Portugal in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic"
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Annales de l'Imprimerie des
Elsevier ou histoire de leur famille et de leurs éditions. Seconde édition, revue et augmentée
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Catalogue d'une collection unique de volumes imprimés par les
Elzevier, et divers typographes hollandais du XVIIe siècle
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Notice de la collection d'auteurs latins, francais, et italiens, imprime de format petit en 12, par les Elsvier
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785:, Enige genealogische gegevens over het West-Brabantse geslacht Elsevier (A.M. Bosters. Voorburg, 2000, 5p)
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1908. "De Elseviers en de beteekenis van hun uitgaven" (Elsevier’s Geïllustreerd Maandschrift, Jg. XVIII),
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The famous Elsevier tree printer's mark, in a 1653 book. The modern Elsevier logo is based on this design.
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Annales de l'Imprimerie Elsevirienne et histoire de la famille des Elsevier et de ses editions
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Catalogus librorum Officinae Elsevirianae : catalogue de l'Officine des Elzevier (1628)
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75:(also called Louis). The family ceased printing in 1712, but a contemporary publisher,
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Jürgen Beyer, ‘Neerlandica in Livonian collections. The survival of imprints abroad,’
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printers were Peter, grandson of Joost, who from 1667 to 1675 was a bookseller at
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booksellers, publishers, and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The
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De Zeventiende Eeuw. Cultuur in de Nederlanden in interdisciplinair perspectief
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Les Elzevir de la Bibliothèque imperiale publique de St-Petersbourg
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Republics (or: Elzevirian Republics) (Elzevir) - Book Series List
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holding in its claws a sheaf of seven arrows, with the motto
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Quærendo. A Journal Devoted to Manuscripts and Printed Books
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45 (2015), 1–25, there 20 (facsimile of the titlepage).
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Drusii Ebraicarum quaestionum ac responsionum libri duo
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Handschriftenverzameling Rotterdam 13, Collectie 33-01
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579:(Paris, 1880) Facsimile of 1628 catalogue in Latin.
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595:Nouvelles etudes sur la bibliographie Elzevirienne
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321:Books in the Netherlands
27:Not to be confused with
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