Printers' Marks: A Chapter in the History of TypographyRoberts, W. (William)
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Printers' Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography
Roberts, W. (William)
Printers' marks
demonstrated that he included a number of spurious examples, whilst some
others are incorrectly copied. His interesting typographical Mark is
given on p. 51. J. Waesberghe, of Antwerp and Rotterdam, had at least
three Marks, of which we give the largest example, and all of which are
of a nautical character, the centre being occupied by a mermaid carrying
a horn of plenty; in the smaller example of the accompanying Mark, the
background is taken up by a serpent forming a circle. The Mark of M. De
Hamont, a printer and bookseller of Brussels, 1569-77, is worth quoting
as one of the very few instances in which the subject of St. George and
the Dragon is utilized in this particular by a printer of the Low
Countries. Rutger Velpius appears to have had all the wandering
proclivities of the early printers; for instance, we find him at Louvain
from 1553 to 1580, at Mons from 1580 to 1585, and Brussels from 1585 to
1614: he had three Marks, of which we give the largest. Of the Liege
printers, we have only space to mention J. Mathiæ Hovii, whose shop was
“Ad insigne Paradisi Terrestris” during the latter half of the
seventeenth century, and whose Mark is of rather striking originality
and boldness of design.
[Illustration: JODOCUS DESTRESIUS.]
[Illustration: THOMAS VAN DER NOOT.]
[Illustration: J. GRAPHEUS.
CHARITAS
Ἡ ἀγάπη πάντα δέγει.]
[Illustration: HENRI VAN DEN KEERE.
Anziet thende.
Van den keere.
HVDK]
[Illustration: J. WAESBERGHE.
LITERÆ IMMORTALITATE[M] PARIV[N]T]
[Illustration: MICHEL DE HAMONT.]
[Illustration: RUTGER VELPIUS.
SVB VMBRA ALARVM TVARVM PROTEGE NOS]
[Illustration: J. M. HOVII.
CAVETE
I. C. I]
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