19:
68:
but who commissioned printing under their own name are included. Some of the dates given are approximate. As of
January 2015 the list is largely limited to printers who were active at some point during the rule of the Archdukes
57:, adding another layer of control. The business records of one of the most important printing houses of the era, the Plantin Office in Antwerp, have remained intact, and are now the archive of the
88:
was the most important centre of printing in the
Spanish Netherlands and had the best connections with international markets. The following printers and booksellers were active in Antwerp.
608:
805:
926:
893:
546:
696:
684:
587:
518:
45:
required all printers and booksellers to acquire a license in order to exercise their trade, a requirement that was in place through the subsequent
38:) was an international centre for the printing of books and images. There were printers in many of the towns, and some towns had many printers.
973:
978:
857:
Dictionnaire des imprimeurs, libraires et éditeurs des XVe et XVIe siècles dans les limites géographiques de la
Belgique actuelle
968:
61:. As a result, the records of who was involved in printing are extremely accessible to historians and have been much studied.
983:
963:
183:
Jan (III) van Ghelen, active 1577–1598; moved to
Maastricht, active 1598–1605; moved to Rotterdam, active 1606–1610
195:
70:
578:
506:
499:
171:
42:
602:
354:
297:
282:
850:
Jan
Poelman, boekverkoper en vertegenwoordiger van de firma Plantin-Moretus in Salamanca, 1579–1607
64:
This list is arranged alphabetically by town. Booksellers or print publishers who did not own a
74:
58:
23:
590:, active 1597–1600; moved to Valenciennes, active 1601–1603; moved to Douai, active 1604–1613
366:
31:
8:
360:
303:
46:
629:, active 1565–1580; moved to Mons, active 1580–1584; moved to Brussels, active 1585–1614
675:
487:
261:
243:
98:
50:
30:
During the handpress era (roughly 1450–1800), and especially in the 16th century, the
750:
537:
419:
387:
372:
140:
131:
693:, active 1592–1597; moved to Antwerp, active 1598; moved to Leuven, active 1598–1625
931:
898:
288:
219:
186:
161:
54:
943:
910:
333:
Willem
Stroobant, active 1592–1595 and 1610–1617; moved to Lille, active 1596–1598
725:
276:
231:
146:
935:
902:
782:
641:
626:
596:
474:
456:
210:
65:
957:
690:
614:
312:
152:
811:
512:
450:
177:
843:
Les
Imprimeurs lillois: Bibliographie des impressions lilloises, 1595–1700
493:
267:
562:
Joos vander
Straeten, active 1592–1606; moved to Ghent, active 1606–1610
766:
737:
Willem
Stroobant, active 1596–1598; moved to Antwerp, active 1610–1617
122:
Peter de Cater, active 1585–1598; moved to
Amsterdam, active 1601–1612
309:
Guillaume Rivière, active 1575–1584; moved to Arras, active 1591–1627
734:
Pieter Simons, active 1589–1598; moved to Brussels, active 1598–1610
572:
Joannes Bogardus, active 1556–1567; moved to Douai, active 1572–1627
345:
Artus Tavernier, active 1580; moved to Salamanca, active 1604–1615
864:
The Golden Compasses: The History of the House of Plantin-Moretus
85:
35:
428:
Widow of Hubrecht Croock (Catharina de Bondue), active 1554–1557
18:
871:
Le Livre, l'estampe, l'édition en Brabant du XVe au XIXe siècle
836:
Les Imprimés lillois: Répertoire bibliographique de 1594 à 1815
116:
Gilles Beys, active 1590–1594; moved to Paris, active 1594–1595
107:
Widow of Joannes Bellerus (Elisabeth Commers), active 1595–1616
593:
John Lion, active 1579–1580; moved to Douai, active 1580–1603
137:
Widow of Joannes Cnobbaert (Maria de Man), active 1637–1664
53:, further ordered that the Antwerp printers enrol with the
785:, active 1580–1584; moved to Brussels, active 1585–1614
611:, active 1570–1578; moved to Antwerp, active 1581–1629
515:, active 1603–1613; moved to St Omer, active 1613–1634
866:(2 vols., Amsterdam, London and New York, 1969–1972)
753:, active 1618–1639; moved to Trier, active 1640–1661
581:, active 1565–1574; moved to Douai, active 1577–1578
264:, active 1553–1555; moved to Liège, active 1558–1595
174:, active 1579–1586; moved to Douai, active 1586–1602
955:
315:, active 1598; moved to Leuven, active 1598–1625
228:Widow of Peter van Keerbergen, active 1592–1594
101:, active 1589; moved to Douai, active 1590–1634
444:Widow of Michiel van Hamont, active 1585–1587
384:Jan Verwithagen the younger, active 1588–1599
249:Widow of Jacob van Liesvelt, active 1546–1566
930:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
897:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
294:Widow of Willem van Parijs, active 1586–1595
279:, father, son and grandson, active 1540–1638
635:Joannes Baptista Zangrius, active 1595–1599
225:Widow of Merten de Keyser, active 1536–1541
381:Widow of Jan Verwithagen, active 1588–1592
158:Gillis Coppens van Diest, active 1573–1609
409:Joannes Masius le jeune, active 1590–1622
17:
927:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
894:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
534:Joos vanden Kerckhove, active 1595–1604
396:Gerard van Wolschaten, active 1596–1634
956:
552:Joos vander Straeten, active 1606–1610
34:(corresponding largely to what is now
974:Lists of Belgian people by occupation
845:(Paris, 1879; reprinted Geneva, 1971)
672:Lambert de La Coste, active 1589–1609
654:Arnold de Corswarem, active 1598–1632
393:Jan Baptist Vrients, active 1575–1611
351:Peter van Tongheren, active 1580–1602
324:Anthonis Spierinckx, active 1584–1616
763:Jan van Campenhout, active 1585–1643
705:Widow of Jean Voes, active 1599–1601
623:Servatius Sassenus, active 1557–1596
462:Robrecht Phalesius, active 1577–1595
447:Pierre de La Tombe, active 1558–1595
431:Anthonis Janssuene, active 1584–1619
348:Antheunis Thielens, active 1564–1596
336:Gommarus Sulsenius, active 1594–1625
222:/ Martin Lempereur, active 1525–1536
216:Jan van Keerbergen, active 1586–1624
669:Nicolas Ingelbert, active 1587–1609
330:Pauwels Stroobant, active 1596–1617
318:Mattheus van Roye, active 1560–1591
240:Hans van Liesvelt, active 1545–1564
204:Guislain Janssens, active 1587–1619
128:Hendrik de Clerck, active 1585–1597
125:François de Cauwe, active 1594–1610
13:
660:Jacques Grégoire, active 1595–1596
632:Nicolaes Wouters, active 1595–1598
620:Andreas Sassenus, active 1557–1610
575:Franciscus Fabri, active 1590–1605
543:Jan van Salensen, active 1580–1623
327:Gillis Steelsius, active 1570–1610
207:Cornelis De Jode, active 1591–1600
104:Joannes Bellerus, active 1553–1595
14:
995:
824:Nicolas Laurent, active 1580–1617
795:François Vivien, active 1597–1628
731:Pierre de Rache, active 1612–1648
666:Henricus Hovius, active 1567–1611
638:Petrus Zangrius, active 1585–1610
584:Jacob Heyberghs, active 1567–1596
425:Hubrecht Croock, active 1520–1554
399:Hendrik Wouters, active 1571–1592
378:Daniel Vervliet, active 1564–1610
342:Ameet Tavernier, active 1583–1593
339:Hendrik Swingen, active 1587–1601
273:François de Nus, active 1592–1593
258:Mattheus Mesens, active 1581–1595
237:Mynken Liefrink, active 1567–1593
201:Marten Huyssens, active 1582–1620
119:Jacob Bosselaer, active 1595–1608
113:Petrus Bellerus, active 1562–1600
22:Printing room (anno 1570) of the
779:Charles Michel, active 1579–1627
663:Pierre de Heer, active 1581–1594
441:Hubert Anthoon, active 1598–1630
252:Herman Mersman, active 1572–1591
192:Claes de Grave, active 1511–1540
110:Lucas Bellerus, active 1574–1600
715:Pieter Simons, active 1616–1617
468:Pieter Simons, active 1598–1610
321:Thomas Ruault, active 1591–1592
196:Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten
95:Anthoni Ballo, active 1591–1618
979:Lists of mass media in Belgium
917:
884:
740:Antoine Tack, active 1594–1595
657:Jean de Glen, active 1597–1631
255:Jacob Mesens, active 1592–1625
92:Andreas Bacx, active 1578–1614
1:
969:Belgium history-related lists
877:
744:
471:Jean Thimon, active 1573–1609
167:Gaspard Fleysben, active 1588
984:Lists of 17th-century people
964:Lists of 16th-century people
944:UK public library membership
924:"Fowler, John (1537-1579)".
911:UK public library membership
891:"Fowler, John (1537-1579)".
681:Jasper Ostreman, active 1594
7:
757:
702:Jean Voes, active 1590–1599
687:the elder, active 1581–1612
599:the elder, active 1567–1616
556:
524:John Lion, active 1580–1603
465:Jan Reyns, active 1598–1609
435:
10:
1000:
828:
818:
799:
609:Pierre Phalèse the Younger
355:Caesar Joachim Trognaesius
298:Petrus Phalesius the Elder
283:Philippus Nutius (printer)
80:
566:
413:
789:
719:
648:
603:Pierre Phalèse the Elder
528:
481:
773:
709:
936:10.1093/ref:odnb/10009
903:10.1093/ref:odnb/10009
838:, vol. 1 (Lille, 1926)
403:
59:Plantin-Moretus Museum
47:period of Spanish rule
27:
24:Plantin-Moretus Museum
806:English College Press
21:
848:Frans M. A. Robben,
367:Hieronymus Verdussen
32:Southern Netherlands
361:Joachim Trognaesius
304:Christopher Plantin
814:, active 1613–1634
769:, active 1617–1639
728:, active 1610–1645
699:, active 1593–1653
678:, active 1558–1595
676:Gauthier Morberius
644:, active 1631–1644
617:, active 1598–1625
605:, active 1545–1575
549:, active 1576–1625
547:Jan van den Steene
540:, active 1574–1626
521:, active 1604–1613
509:, active 1586–1602
502:, active 1577–1578
496:, active 1572–1627
490:, active 1590–1634
488:Balthazar Bellerus
477:, active 1585–1614
459:, active 1620–1633
453:, active 1585–1627
422:, active 1624–1663
390:, active 1504–1542
375:, active 1605–1632
369:, active 1579–1635
363:, active 1583–1620
357:, active 1624–1645
306:, active 1548–1589
300:, active 1581–1629
291:, active 1547–1598
285:, active 1564—1586
270:, active 1589–1610
262:Gauthier Morberius
246:, active 1513–1544
244:Jacob van Liesvelt
234:, active 1612–1654
213:, active 1547–1591
189:, active 1520–1569
180:, active 1564–1612
164:, active 1551–1600
155:, active 1579–1617
149:, active 1548–1570
143:, active 1657–1689
134:, active 1620–1637
99:Balthazar Bellerus
51:Philip II of Spain
28:
26:, Antwerp, Belgium
942:(Subscription or
909:(Subscription or
869:General Willems,
859:(Nieuwkoop, 1975)
834:Fernand Danchin,
751:Hubertus Reulandt
538:Gauthier Manilius
420:Nicolaes Breyghel
388:Willem Vorsterman
373:Abraham Verhoeven
141:Michiel Cnobbaert
132:Joannes Cnobbaert
991:
948:
947:
939:
921:
915:
914:
906:
888:
873:(Gembloux, 1935)
685:Christian Ouwerx
289:Abraham Ortelius
220:Merten de Keyser
187:Joannes Grapheus
162:Volcxken Diericx
55:Guild of St Luke
999:
998:
994:
993:
992:
990:
989:
988:
954:
953:
952:
951:
941:
923:
922:
918:
908:
890:
889:
885:
880:
852:(Antwerp, 1994)
831:
821:
802:
792:
776:
760:
747:
726:Christophe Beys
722:
712:
651:
588:Laurence Kellam
569:
559:
531:
519:Laurence Kellam
484:
438:
416:
406:
277:Martinus Nutius
232:Willem Lesteens
147:Hieronymus Cock
83:
12:
11:
5:
997:
987:
986:
981:
976:
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841:Jules Houdoy,
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697:Léonard Streel
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642:Jacobus Zegers
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66:printing press
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513:John Heigham
451:Jan Mommaert
178:Philip Galle
84:
63:
41:The laws of
40:
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15:
862:Leon Voet,
808:, 1607–1759
579:John Fowler
507:John Fowler
500:John Fowler
494:Jean Bogard
268:Jan Moretus
172:John Fowler
49:. His son,
958:Categories
946:required.)
913:required.)
878:References
767:Henry Jaye
745:Luxembourg
505:Widow of
170:Widow of
43:Charles V
758:Mechelen
557:Kortrijk
436:Brussels
75:Isabella
829:Sources
819:Tournai
800:St Omer
86:Antwerp
81:Antwerp
36:Belgium
940:
907:
567:Leuven
414:Bruges
71:Albert
790:Namur
720:Lille
649:Liège
529:Ghent
482:Douai
774:Mons
710:Lier
73:and
932:doi
899:doi
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