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Printers and Their Marks

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Aldus Pius Manutius, 1450 -1515 Other names: Aldus Pius Manuzio, Aldo Pio Manuzio Bassanias (of Bassanio) later became Aldo Pio Manuzio Romanus Working period: Venice:1494 - 1515 Date of device:1502 Note: The UCLA University Research Library's Reference Department and Special Collections have extensive research collections on Aldus Pius Manutius.

 

Thomas Anshelm of Baden - Baden, ? - 1524 Working period: Strasbourg, 1488; Pforzheim, 1500 - 1511; Tubingen, 1511 - 1516; Haguena, 1516 - 1522 Date of device: 1518

 

Conrad Baumgarten Other names: Baumgarthen, Bomgarthen Working period: Danzig, 1499; Olomouc, 1500 - 1502; Breslau, 1503 - 1506; Frankfurt, 1506 -1509; Leipzig, 1514 Date of device: approximately 1505

 

William Caxton [of County Kent], c. 1422 - 1491 Working period: Cologne, 1471-1472; Bruges, 1474 - 1476; Westminster, 1477 - 1491 Date of device: 1487 Note: Caxton was England's first printer

 

Walter Chepman, c. 1473 - 1538 Working period: Edinburgh, 1507 Date of device: 1508

 

Simon de Colines, ? - 1546 Other names: Colinaeus of Brittany, Symon Colinet Working period: Paris, 1520 - 1546 Date of device: 1521

 

Jacques Colomies Working period: Toulouse, 1525 - 1550 Date of device: 1534

 

Jean Du Pre Other names: Johannes de Prato, Jehan Du Pre Working period: Salins, 1484-1485; Lyons, 1486/87 - 1495?(1498?); Narbonne, 1491; Uzes, 1493; Avignon, 1497; Montpellier, 1501 (succeeded by heirs) Date of device: 1492

 

William Faques, ? - c. 1508 Other names: Fawkes, Fakes, Faukes Working period: London, c. 1499 - 1508 Date of device: 1504 Note: Faques was the first Printer to the King of England

 

Andreas Fritag de Argentina (Strasburg) Working period: Gaieta, 1487; Rome, 1492 - 1496 Date of device: 1493

 

Johann Froben of Hammelburg, 1460 - 1527 Other names: Jean, Joannes Frobenius, Joannis Frobenii Working period: Basle, 1491 -1527 Date of device: 1517

 

Johann Fust, ? - c.1508 & Peter Schoeffer of Gernsheim, 1425* - 1503 *date is approximate Working period: Mainz, 1457 - 1466 Date of device: 1457, August 14 Note: This device was the earliest known printer's mark and the earliest to contain the typographers name, place and the date of printing.

 

Lucantonio Guinta, 1450 - 1519 Other names: Junta or Zunto of Florence Working period: Venice, 1482-1536 (succeeded by heirs) Date of device: 1497

 

Louis Guerbin Other names: Loys Cruse, Louis Garbin Working period: Geneva, 1497-1509 Date of device: unknown

 

Zacharis Kallierges Other name: Kalliergos Working period: Crete, 1517 Date of device: unknown

 

Melchoir Lotter, ? - 1542 Working period: Leipzig, 1491-1536 Date of device: unknown

 

Colard Mansions, ? - 1484 Working period: Bruges, 1474-1484 Date of device: unknown

 

Ercole Nani Other name: Hercules Nani Working period: Bologna, 1423-1494; Rome: 1509

 

Sebastien Nivelle Working period: Paris, 1549-1584 Date of device: unknown

 

Julian Notary, 1498 - 1520 Other name: Juliyan Notary Working period: London, 1498-1499 Date of device: 1507

 

Ehard Oglin Working period: Hugsburg, 1505-1516 Date of device: unknown

 

Richardus Paffraet Other names: Ryker Paffraet, Poffray, Paffroed de Colonia Working period: Denventer, 1476 - 1511 Date of device: 1488

 

Jean I Petit Other names: Paryus, Pusillus Working period: Paris, 1495-1530 Date of device: 1511 Note: Also carried on by son Jean II Petit, working period: 1525-1543

 

Philippe Pigouchet Working period: Paris, 1483 - 1515 Date of device: c.1491-1510 (several versions; first completed device undated)

 

Dominicus Rocociola Other name: Domincus Ragazulus Working period: Modena, 1481 - 1509 Date of device: 1500

 

Johann Rosenbach Other names: Joan, Juan Rosembach, of Heidelburg Working period: Barcelona, 1492 -1498, 1507 -1530?; Valencia, 1492; Tarragona, 1498 - 1500; Perpignan, 1500 - 1503; Monserrat, 1518 - 1524 Date of device: 1500

 

Laurentius de Rubeis de Valenza Other names: Lorenzo di Rossi Working period: Rerra, 1482-1485?, 1489-1501 Date of device: 1482

 

Valentin Schumann, ? - 1542 Working period: Damander, 1502-1534 Date of device: unknown

 

John Siberch Working period: Cambridge, 1521 - 1584 Date of device: 1521 Note: Siberch was the printer of Cambridge.

 

Giovanni Battista Somasco Other names: Joannes Baptista Somaschus, Jacques Saccon Working period: Venice, 1576 -1589 Date of device: unknown

 

Stagino da Trino Other names: Bernardino Ferrari Gialito, Stagino da Tridino, Da Monferra de Monteferrato Working period: Venice, 1483 - 1518 Date of device: 1490

 

Jacob Thanner, ? - post 1530 Other name: Jacobus Thanner Working period: Leipzig, 1501 - 1521 Date of device: unknown

 

Michael Topie Working period: Lyon 1488 - 1490 Date of device: unknown

 

Andreas de Torresanos, 1451 - 1529 Other names: Torresanus, Tor(r)esanis, Andrea de Asula, Asola Working period: Venice, 1475, 1480 - 1529 Date of device: 1508

 

Jehan Treschel Working period: Lyon, 1488 - 1489 Date of device: unknown

 

Peter Treveris Working period: London, 1522 - 1532 Date of device: 1522

 

Unknown Found: St Albans, 1480 - 1486

 

Benardinus Venetus de Vitalibus (Together with Matthew de Vitalibus were called "Li Albanesoti") Working period: Venice, 1494 - 1536; Rome, 1508, 1522 Date of device: 1498

 

Simon Vostre, ? - 1521 Working period: Paris, 1486, 1489 - 1520 Date of device: 1502

 

Johann Weissenburger Working period: Nürnberg, 1503 - 1513; Landshut: 1513 - 1531 Date of device: 1506

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