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BAILLU, Pieter de: Born in Antwerp 1613. Worked in Rome 1631-1637, died in Antwerp 1660.

BALT, Vid.:

BALTENS, Pieter: Born about 1624. In 1540 known under the name of Pierken Custodis (de costere) and in 1569 under the name of Peeter Baltens alias Custodis as dean in the Guild of Antwerp. Died about 1598. Engraver Dominicus CUSTOS was his son. 'Op de Lombardveste' (1579)

BANCKEN, Martha van: Widow of Abraham CASTELEYN. Haarlem about 1681-1694. "op de Marckt in de Blyde Druck". She also published children's prints.

BANG, Hieronymus: Nürnberg about 1650.

BANHEINING, or BANHEYNINGH, Cornelis: Worked in Leyden 1648-1665, "op de Breestraet, in den vergulden Kerck-Bybel" (1648). He married in Haarlem, October 19, 1649.

BAPTISTA: Rome about 1586.

BARBIN, Claude: Paris.

BAS, J.Ph. le: Paris about 1703 or later. "A Paris chez J. Ph. Le Bas, Ier. Graveur de Cabinet de Roy rue de la Harpe". Isaac Jansz. de Wit (Amsterdam 1744-1809 Haarlem) was his pupil.

BASAN: His address was "à Paris chez Basan Rue du Foin". (Same as Pierre François, Paris 1785, reprinter of Rembrandt etches?)

BASSET: A Paris chez Basset.

BASSON, Thomas: Bookseller, publisher. Cambridge 1555-1613. Was in Keulen in 1582, where he did business with PLANTIN. In 1584 he came to Leyden. He bought Kloksteeg 4 and Rapenburg 56 from F. RAPHELINGEN. Address: "Thomas Basson teghen over de Universiteyt int Musieckboeck". In 1612 he went back to England.

  His son Govert BASSON, took over the firm on the same address. In 1608 Govert married Anna de Gheyn, sister of Jacques de Gheyn III. Govert closed his shop in 1636. He had no heires. He sold everything to bookseller Joost Lievens (Justus Livius) brother of the painter Jan Lievens. (I did not found prints published by Basson)

BAUDOUS, Robert Willemsz., de: Publisher. Born in Brussels 1575. Came to Amsterdam in 1591 and married Heyltje Jacobsd. Heyn in 1605. He married for the second time in 1644, 69 years old. His address was: "bij de St. Luciensteeg in Amsterdam". Baudous published the first edition of Jacob de Gheyn II "Wapenhandelinghe" in 1608. Acc. to Waller he worked in Leyden, Rijnsburg and Wassenaar from 1646-1659. He died in Wassenaar.

BAX, André: Antwerp. about 1584.

BEEK, Barent: The Hague about 1678-1697. "in de Wagestraet" (1683-'86"; "op Cingel" (1690); "op 't Speuy, hoek van de Pooten" (1691-'97). Until 1717 his widow Anna had the firm on the same address.

BEER, Cornelio de: In Utrecht 1616. In Madrid about 1629-1630.

BEERENDRECHT, I.P.: (Jan Pieter). (I.P.Beer) Born in Alkmaar 1590. Printer in the Guild of Haarlem. He married in 1614 Grietje Jans. In 1616 as printer in the Guild and settled in 1627 as: "Konst-en Boeck-verkooper in de Koninghstraat" ; "Susterstraet" (1639). Died 1645.

BELGA, Staiti:

BEMAN, Adriaan: Delft about 1693-1729. "Op de Markt".

BENJAMIN, Jacob: Amsterdam about 1652.

BENNING, Ian: Amsterdam about 1620.

BENWELL, Thomas:

BERG(H)E, Pieter van der: Worked in Amsterdam, 1656-1694. "In den Berg Parnassis"; "Sub Signo montis Parnassi"; "op de Blaeuwe Burgwal" (1658); "Heeregracht" (1662); "op de Wester-marct" (1674); "Roosestraet" (1678); "Amstel-Kerkstraet over 't Pleijn van de Amstel-Kerk" (1693); "op 't Singel tusschen Heysteegh en Beulingsluijs" (1694).

  His son Pieter continued the firm until 1737. "Calverstraat In den Groene Berg"; "Op de Reguliersgraft in het 3e huys van de Amstelkerkstraat" (1694-'95); "Besyden de Capel en de hoek van de Kalverstraat, naast de Keyser Alexander" (1695-1702); "Op de Heilige Weg" (1705-'37).

BERGIAE, Annae:

BERKHEY, Johannes le Franck van: Leyden 1729-1812. He was art-dealer, draughtsman, poet and medical man.

BERNARD: Paris about 1663.

BERNTSZ., Jan: Utrecht about 1586.

BESSEMECHERS (See BUSCHEMAKER)

BEUSEC(K)OM or BEUSEKAM, Frans van: Son of Martinus. Art-dealer in Amsterdam about 1642-1665. "In de Kalverstraat" (1642); "in de Calverstraat bij 't Weeshuis naest de Keysers Croon" (1647-1652); "op den Nieuwendijck, op de hoek van d' Engelse-steegh" 91660). "op de Nieuwe Braak in de Driekhoekstraat" (1665). He also worked in London.

BEUSEC(K)OM, Martinus: Father of Frans. Amsterdam about 1653. "in de Kalver-straet tegen over de Kaysers Kroon".

BIE, or Bye, or Biesius, or Biaeus, Johannes de: Antwerp 1581-1620.

BIERLING, Adam Alexius: Antwerp. Made the drawings for W. Hollar of Arundel House.

BIESUM, Quiryn van: Rotterdam about 1719.

BILAINE, Pierre: Chez Pierre Bilaine Rue Sinct Jacques a la Bonne soy deuant Sainct yues 1634.

BILL, Ioh. (John): See also Thomas JENNER.

BLAEU, Haeredes Ioannis: Heir of Willem Janszoon BLAEUW. Amsterdam about 1677-'82. "Bloemgracht".

BLAEU, Johannes: Amsterdam 1599-1673. Son of Willem BLAEU. In 1620 he did in Leyden his doctoral examination in law. In 1630 he became partner of his father. After his father's death in 1638, Johan continued the firm. He also worked for the V.O.C. In 1637 he moved to the "Bloemgracht, bij de derde dwarsstraet, naest de Cleerbesem" and took his brother Cornelis in the firm. In 1651 Johannes became member of the "Raad van Schepenen" of the city of Amsterdam. He was the very first printer who got this improtant job. Between 1650 and 1672 Johannes Blaue was the best and most important printer of Europe. In 1662 he published the "Atlas Major". In 1667 they moved to de "Gravenstraat, achter de Nieuwekerk". On the 23th Februay in 1672 in the morning about 03.30 h., a big fire destroyed everything. The loss of the building, the machines, paper and letters, etc. was in that time 382.000 Dutch guilders. One year later Johan Blaeu died, s as a broken man. The slowly down went te firm. In 1712 the firm was liquidated. After the fire many copperplates came in posession of Frederick de Wit. The Blaeu family was more important as mapprinters than as publishers of etchings. (See also Willem JANSZ).

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon: Uitgeest or Alkmaar 1571-Amsterdam 1638. Studied astronomy in Denmark, returned to Amsterdam in 1599 and founded in 1604 the publishing-firm "Op het Water in den vergulde Sonnewyzer". He married Maritgen Cornelisdochter, who gave him 7 children, on wich (the eldest) Johannes and Cornelis, who became partners in the firm. Willem Blaue sold globes, sea-maps and he was the official hydographer and cartographer of the V.O.C. In 1630 Willem published his first land-atlas, the "Appendix Theatri A. Ortellii et Atlantis G. Mercatoris". The maps of the Appendix were made after copperplates, bought by Willem from the inheritance of Jodocus Hondius jr. So there was a competitive struggle between Blaeu and the Hondius-family.

 Willem's sons, Johan (1596-673) and Cornelis (1610-1648), became partners in the firm.

BLAEULAKEN, Cornelis Willems.: Amsterdam 1621-'45.  "Boeck-vercooper woonende in S.Jans-Straet: in't vergulde A.B.C.(1627).

BLANKAART or BLANCARDI, Cornelis: Worked in Amsterdam about 1686-1688. "op de Zeedijk bij de Stormsteeg"; "in Platea, Vulgo de Warmoes Straat" (1688).

BLANKEN, Abraham Jeuriansz. van: Amsterdam about 1658.

BLAVIANA (See BLAEU)

BLOCK, Gerardus: The Hague 1731-1788.

BLOEMAERT, Abraham: Born in Gorinchem 1564. Worked in Utrecht 1580-1583. In October 1591 he became citizen of Amsterdam, where he one year later Judith Schonenberg married. She died and in 1604 he married Geertruida de Roy, who gave him 6 children. Hendrik, Cornelis, Judith, Hugo, Adriaen and Frederik. In 1611 he was in the Guild of Utrecht. He died there January 27, 1651. He was not a professional publisher.

BLOKLAND, Robert: Amsterdam about 1701.

BLON, le: or Le BLOND. Paris about 1650 “A la Cloche d’Argent”.

BLOOTELING, Abraham: Baptized in Amsterdam 1640, died in Amsterdam in 1690. Went to England in 1672, returned to Amsterdam in 1676. His sister Marie married Gerard VALCK. Blooteling was one of the first mezzo-tint engravers. In the last years of his life he was more occupied with publishing prints. He died January 20, 1690.

BOE(C)KHOLT, Abraham: Amsterdam about 1687-1701. "St.Jansstraat" (1687); "Hop Markt, op de hoek van de Korsjes Steeg" (1700).

BOE(C)KHOLT, Baltes: Worked in Amsterdam 1658-1692. "Vooraen in de Nes" (1658-'59); "op 't Rockin, op d'hoeck van de Hal-Poort" (1663); "op de hoeck van de Niesel aen de zijde van de Ouwe Kerk" (1663-'72); "op de Leijtsche straet bij de Heerengracht" (1697-'87); "op 't hoekje van den Niesel" (1688); "Haerlemmerdijck over de Eenhoornsluijs" (1689); "op de Haarlemmer straat verbij de eerste dwarsstraat" (1689-'92).

  His widow had the firm until 1695. (According to Wurzbach there was a publishing-firm with the address "Baltes Bockholt en Arent van de Heuvel" in Amsterdam about 1662.)

BOE(C)KHOLT, Johannes: Worked in Amsterdam 1697-1693. "in de Gaper-steeg, by de Beurs".

BOECQUET, Engelbrecht: The Hague about 1698.

BOECQUET EN ZOONEN, WED. The Hague about 1706.

BOEL, Jan of Jean: Antwerp 1592-1640. "Demeurant en la rue dicte le Huyvetterstraat l'an 1621".

BOETEMAN, Dirk: Amsterdam about 1694.

BOIS, Eedewaart de: Acc. to Wurzbach there was a Eduard DUBOIS born about 1619 in Antwerp, in 1648 in the Guild of Haarlem. Worked in Italy and England where he in 1699 died.

  There was a J. du Bois, at "ye Golden Head near Cecil Street in ye Strand". He published work of Johannes Visscher, after C.Berchem.

BOISSEVAIN:

BOITET, R.: Delft about 1717-1747.

BOL, Jan: See BOEL, Jan:

BOLSWERT, Boetius Adams: Born in Bolsward (Friesland) 1580. Brother of Schelte Adams. Worked in Haarlem about 1612 but settled in Antwerp 1620 as engraver and art-dealer. Boetius never published work of his brother. Schelte's work was for the greater part published by Martin van de ENDEN and Gilles HENDRICX.

BOM, Gerrit: Worked in Amsterdam 1756-1812. "Molsteeg". On the same address was a Gerrit BOM EN ZONEN.

BON ENFANT, Antoine: He was in the Guild of Antwerp (1598) under the name GOETKIND. When he went to Paris in 1630 he changed his name in Bon Enfant (Bonenfant). He died in Paris, March 6, 1644. He only published under the name Bonenfant.

BONAVENTUER en A(braham) ELSEVIER: See ELSEVIER.

BONDT, C.:

BONNART, H: Paris. "Rue St.Jacques, au Coq".

BOOM, Hendrick and Dirck: (and Theodoor?) Amsterdam about 1670-1680. "op 't Singel by Jan Roon Poortstoren". They had a multiple-shop in The Hague. See also Wedow of Dirck BOOM.

BOOM, Hendrik en de Weduwe Dirk. Amsterdam 1680-1709. Also "op 't Singel". Multiple-shop in The Hague "op de Groote Zaal van 't Hof" (1682).

BOOM, P. van den: Amsterdam about 1696.

BOONS: see VINGBOONS

BOOYS, Edewaert de: Same as Eduard Dubois?

BORDE, Philippi, Laurentij Arnaud et Claudij Rigaud: Leyden. (Lugduni. Sumpt. 1652.)

BORMEESTER, Jochem: Worked in Amsterdam from 1677 until after 1690 "Warmoesstraat" (1685). "Konst-verkooper in de Jonge Roelofsteegh (1685-1688). "In de Kalverstraat, by den Dam, a la rue de Veau proche de Dam" (after 1688).

BORSTIUS, Gerardus and Jacobus: Amsterdam 1674-1713. "Aen Den Dam op den hoeck van de Nieuwendijck".

BOS, Barent: Rotterdam 1680-1724.

BOS, Cornelis: Worked in Antwerp. 'Naast de Maecht van Tricht (1544).

BOS or BUS, Cornelis: Born in 's-Hertogenbosch about 1506. Died there after 1563. Was art-dealer in Rome. Address on his own work.

BOS(CH), Hendrik: Worked in Amsterdam, 1719-1729. "Over 't Meisjes Weeshuys, by de Blommarkt" (1720-1729).

BOS, Jan: Haarlem 1740-1780. "Op 't Verwulft"; "in de Groote Houtstraat".

BOS, P.:

BOSCH:

BOS(SCH)ER, Joos: Middle of the 17th cent.

BOS(SCH)ER, Justus: about 1588-1600.

BOUCQUET, see BOECQUET.

BOUDAN, A.: Paris ?

BOUDT, de: Cornelis. Antwerp, first half 17th century.

BOUMAN, Ian Iacobs: Amsterdam, 1643-1671. Bookpbulisher "op 't Water by de kapelsteeg in de Salvator" (1645-1646)."op 't Water by de Capelsteegh in de Lelye onder de Doornen" (1651-1657). "op 't Water, tegen over de Koorn-Markct en de Lelye onder de Doornen" (1661-1662). "op 't Water hoeck van de Vrouwesteegh in de Lelye onder de Doornen" (1669-1671).

BOUMAN, Widow Jan: "in de Pijl-Steegh inde Lelye onder de Doornen" (1671).

BOUMAN, Jan: Worked in Amsterdam, 1670-1686. "in de Kalverstraaet, op de hoeck van het Jongens Weeshuys" (1674). "in de Calverstraet over den Nieuwenzijts kapel in de France boeckbinderij" (1677-1686).

BOUMAN, Jan: Worked in Amsterdam, 1703-1716. "op de Nieuwen-dijk tusschen de twee Haarlemmerslyijsen in de Lely onder de Doornen". (1703-1708).

BOUTESTEYN (& JORNDANUM LUCHTMANS): Leyden about 1679-1713. Published books together with Willem van de WATER. His widow had the firm until 1723.

BOUTTATS, Philibertus: The most important member of a big big family of engravers and publishers in Antwerp. Philibertus I about 1660 and Philibertus Junior about 1682. Philibertus I died 72 years old. There was a engraver Ph. Bouttats, who married in Amsterdam, July 2, 1678, 23 years old and on the address of Nic. Visscher lived an engraver Filibert.

BOUWENSZOON, Jan: Leiden about 1594. Worked together with Jan PAE(D)TSZ.

BOWLES, Tho.: London, Next the Chapter House in St.Pauls Church Yard.

BOYDELL, Joshua: About 1770.

BRAAKMAN, Adriaan: Amsterdam 1691-1716. "In de Stad Amsterdam, Beursstraat by den Dam".

BRAAM, Johannes van: Dordrecht about 1698-1746.

BRAAT, Jacob: Dordrecht about 1657.

BRAEU, C.: See Claes BREEN.

BRANDT, H.: Amsterdam about 1775.

BRANDT, Marten Jansz.: Amsterdam about 1613-1648. "in de Ghereformeerde Catechismus"; "op 't Water, op den hoeck van de Vrouwe-steegh" (163-'17); "in de Grave-straet"; "aen de Nieuwen-Kerk" (1621-32); "Bij Jan-Roon-Poorts-Toorn"; "Jan Roonpoortssteegh"; "Toornsteegh" (1644-'48). Widow on the last address until 1654.

BRAY, Toussaint du: Paris about 1627.

BRECHT, Tilenius de: Antwerp about 1579.

BREECKE(R)VELT, Ludolph: The Hague 1632-1647. "Boeck-drucker inde Vinder van de Druckery op de oost-zijde van 't Speuy" (1632-'36). "In de Pooten" (1644).

BREEN, Claes: Haarlem 1674-1705. "Claes Braau, Boek-verkooper en Drucker in de Korte Bagijne-straet, in 't Schrijf-Boeck" (1680-1705).

BREGGI, Bonefatio:

BREKEGEEST, Simon: Alkmaar 1645-1757. "Langestraet Inde Vinder van de Druckkonst". Nearly same address as BREECKE(R)VELT.

BRINK, J. v.d.: Rotterdam. Published work of Gerrit Groenewegen "Verscheiden soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen" in 1786-1801.

BRIXIENSIS: There was a Giovanni Ghilberto Brix, painter in Antwerp and in 1563 in Rome.

BROEDELET, Wilhelm: Utrecht about 1692-1717. And son and widow until 1722.

BROEN, Wilhelmus de: Born in Amsterdam about 1686/'87 and worked there until 1705. "In de Kerkstraet tusschen de Utrechtsestraet en Amstel" (1720-'21); "In de Bloedstraat N.Z. op de hoek van de Monnikenstraat" (1727-'48). Died in Leyden 1748. He was 2nd son of Gerrit de Broen I and brother of Gerrit II. Johannes de Broen, brother of Gerrit I, was the stepfather of Johannes de RAM. The whole family were engravers, etchers, booksellers, calligraphers and publishers too. Only Willem de Broen lived on different addresses.

BROER, Jansz. (JANSSEN): 'Plaet of figuersnijder, drukker en konstverkooper op 't Hof" in The Hague. About 1586-1640. at the Binnehof. Later "Nieuwe Heerenstraat".

Published early work of Moyses van Wtenbroeck. See Holl. vol LIV page 86. "Broer Jansz. originally worked as an engraver and printer, and early 1586- one year after The Hague was defenitely re-instated as governmental seat- he is mentioned as such in the city. Autograpf prints have yet to be traced, and Jansz. seems to have primarily profiled himself as an 'art-dealer'. He had been keeping a stand at the Binnenhof for some time, where his wife dealt in 'various arts' (verscheydenen konsten), when he submitted an official request for a license in 1608. Until 1614, he was allowed to manage a stand alongside other print and art dealers, including Balthasar van Berckenrode and Pieter de Pruyster in the so-called "White Gallery", in front of the court chapel at the Binnenhof. On 18 October of the same year, 1614, Jansz. registered at the guild as a book and art dealer and dismantled his stand at the Binnenhof in order to begin a new shop elsewhere in the city. It was probably a second outlet, for in 1628/29 he still referred to as a bookseller at the Binnenhof.

Broer Jansz. will have carried on business in the area of the graphic arts, both books and prints, and in addition seems to have developed printing and publishing activities. Various prints and print series bearing his address are known.

BROER, Jans(en). See Jansz. Broer Amsterdam about 1580-1652.

BROERSZ. Ioost: Amsterdam about 1636.

BROWN, D. & J.: London about 1705.

BRUGGEN, Jean v.d.: Born in Brussels 1649. Worked in Paris, 1681-'89  "Marchand et Graveur a Paris, rue St. Jacques au grand d'Jmage. Magazin", Avec Privilege du Roy" (1689). Also in Amsterdam 1690-'93.

BRUNEAU, Robert: Antwerp about 1608.

BRUYN, Joan de:

BRUYNINGH, Claes Jansz.: Amsterdam. According to Waller he was book-binder. Worked "In de Jonckerstraet" (1645-'54). "Lijnbaansteegh" (1654).

BRY, Jan Israël de: Engraver, son of Theodor. Worked in Frankfurt. Died there in 1611.

BRY, Jan Theodoor de: Engraver, son of Theodoor. Born in Liege 1561, died in Frankfurt 1623.

BRY, Theodoor de: Goldsmith, engraver and publisher. Born in Liege 1528, died in Frankfurt 1598. Worked from 1570 in Frankfurt and Oppenheim as publisher, together with his two sons. He also worked a short time in England.

BUNEL, Michiel:

BURGH, Jacobus vanden: Amsterdam about 1658‑1663.

BURGH, P. de la:

BURGHOORN, J.: The Hague about 1659.

BUS, Cornelis:

BUSCH:

BUSCHEMAKER, Jan: Cologne, about 1587-1608.

BUSSCHERE, Joachim en Biermans: Address on work of Wierix. Busschere and Biermans were no publishers, but councillors who gave permission for prints to be published