Verdussen
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Verdussen was a dynasty of printers in Antwerp, starting with Hieronymus Verdussen in the late sixteenth century, and ending around 1800. Many other printers in Antwerp were also related to the Verdussens through marriage. They specialized in religious works and works in Spanish, but also published newspapers, almanachs, poetry, scientific works, .... By the end of the 17th century, they produced about 21% of the Spanish books printed in the Netherlands, and with 5 presses was second only to Moretus
in Antwerp. In 1876, the Verdussenstraat (Verdussen Street) was named after the family in Antwerp.
The place of the other Verdussen's (if any) in this tree is unknown. Whether the painters Peter Verdussen (1662-after 1710) and his son Jan Peter Verdussen (1700-1763) (both from Antwerp) were related to the printers is also unknown, Peter Verdussen may be the son of Jacob Verdussen, son of Willem Verdussen. Artus Quellinus
, who sculpted the lion at the entrance of the publisher's shop, married Margaretha Verdussen (1613-1668) in 1640.
, guild of artists and bookprinters, in 1590. He bought Petrus Phalesius the Younger's printing office "De Roode Leeu" in 1606. Nearly three hundred publications by him are known.
's Nieuwe Tijdinghen
, the first newspaper in the Southern Netherlands. The Post-Tijdinghen ran at least until 1645, but would continue under different titles until 1827.
, and best known as a writer of history and a bibliophile. He wrote an Index chronologicus rerum Antverpiensium in 25 volumes, and an Index alphabeticus rerum Antverpiensium in 8 volumes. After his death in 1773, his library was sold in 1776: this contained next to a rich collection of works on national history and a number of incunables also a collection of prints of the works of Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck
, e.a.
His brother Frans Antoon (1783-1850) was a member of Parliament, a Knight in the Order of Leopold, and a writer who was a leading member of the Flemish Movement
around 1840. After the Belgian Revolution
in 1830, he became Mayor of Antwerp for two days, and afterwards served as Alderman of the city.
Plantin-Moretus Museum
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium honouring the famous printers Christoffel Plantijn and Jan Moretus. It is located in their former residence and printing establishment, Plantin Press, at the Friday Market.- History :...
in Antwerp. In 1876, the Verdussenstraat (Verdussen Street) was named after the family in Antwerp.
Family tree
Hieronymus Verdussen (ca. 1553-1635)- Hieronymus Verdussen II (1583-1653)
- Hieronymus Verdussen III (1620-1687)
- Hieronymus Verdussen V (1650-1717)
- Hieronymus Verdussen VI
- Hendrik Verdussen (1653-1721)
- Cornelis Verdussen II (1706-1748)
- Peter Antoon Verdussen (1737-1790)
- Hendrik Peter Verdussen (1778-1857)
- Francis Antoon Verdussen (1783-1850)
- Jan Paul Verdussen (1738-1803)
- Peter Antoon Verdussen (1737-1790)
- Cornelis Verdussen II (1706-1748)
- Cornelis Verdussen (1661-1728)
- Hieronymus Verdussen V (1650-1717)
- Jan Baptist Verdussen (1625-1689)
- Jan Baptist Verdussen II (1659-1759)
- Jan Baptist Verdussen III (1698-1773)
- Jan Baptist Verdussen II (1659-1759)
- Hieronymus Verdussen III (1620-1687)
- Marie Verdussen married printer Willem Lesteens (1590-1661)
- Willem Verdussen (1592-1667)
- Hieronymus Verdussen IV (often confused with Hieronymus Verdussen III)
- Jacob Verdussen
- Jan Verdussen
- Margaretha Verdussen (1613-1668) married Artus QuellinusArtus QuellinusArtus Quellinus also known as Artus Quellijn, Artus I Quellinus or Artus Quellinus the Elder , was a Flemish sculptor.-Life:...
- Margaretha Verdussen (1613-1668) married Artus Quellinus
The place of the other Verdussen's (if any) in this tree is unknown. Whether the painters Peter Verdussen (1662-after 1710) and his son Jan Peter Verdussen (1700-1763) (both from Antwerp) were related to the printers is also unknown, Peter Verdussen may be the son of Jacob Verdussen, son of Willem Verdussen. Artus Quellinus
Artus Quellinus
Artus Quellinus also known as Artus Quellijn, Artus I Quellinus or Artus Quellinus the Elder , was a Flemish sculptor.-Life:...
, who sculpted the lion at the entrance of the publisher's shop, married Margaretha Verdussen (1613-1668) in 1640.
Hieronymus Verdussen
Hieronymus Verdussen was the first of the Verdussen family to start printing in Antwerp, near the end of the sixteenth century. Born around 1553, he married in 1579 and died in 1635. He started working as an apprentice to the bookseller and printer Hendrick Wouters. Hieronymus entered the Guild of Saint LukeGuild of Saint Luke
The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was identified by John of Damascus as having painted the...
, guild of artists and bookprinters, in 1590. He bought Petrus Phalesius the Younger's printing office "De Roode Leeu" in 1606. Nearly three hundred publications by him are known.
- 1593: H. Adriani, Legende der Mirakelen ons H. Jesu Ch. en zyn Heylighen, the oldest known work printed by a Verdussen
- 1596: TerenceTerencePublius Terentius Afer , better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on,...
, Comedien - 1596: Valentijn van Goorle, Almanach ende Prognosticatie van den wonderlycken jare ons heeren 1597
- 1605: Jan van Ghelen, Baghijnken van Parijs
- 1607: Otto van VeenOtto van VeenOtto van Veen, also known by his Latinized name Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius, was a painter, draughtsman, and humanist active primarily in Antwerp and Brussels in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century...
, Emblemata Horatiana (2 editions: republished in Spanish by next generations of the Verdussens in 1672, 1682, 1701 and 1733) - 1608: Otto van Veen, Amorum emblemata
- 1610: Pedro Teixeira, Relaciones del origen, descendencia y succession de los reyes de Persia y de Harmuz
- 1611: Anna BijnsAnna BijnsAnna Bijns was a writer, schoolteacher and nun who taught until she was 80 years old.-Biography:The elder daughter of a tailor and rederijker, she opened a school in Antwerp with her brother Martin, following the death of her father and marriage of her sister. Anna Bijns was one of the rare women...
, Gheestelycke refereyn - 1611: Jean-Baptiste Gramaye, Primitae antiquitatem Gandensium - Corturiaci
- 1615: Francesco Lanario, Le Guerre di Fiandra
- 1617: Ordonnantie ende Placcaet van de Ertz-Hertoghen, en Specificatie, two booklets concerning the henceforth accepted gold and silver coins: updates printed 1618, 1619
- 1617: Antiphonarium romanum (reprinted 1622)
- 1618: Nicasius Baxius, Elegantiae rhetoricae
- 1619: Jan Berthout, Collocutions familières, republished in 1623
- 1619: Pedro Ribadaneira, Generale legende der Heilighen met het leven Jesu Christi ende Marie
- 1620: Adriaan van Meerbeeck, Chronycke van de gantsche werelt
- 1620: Joannes Cotovicus, De loflycke reyse van Jerusalem ende Syrien
- 1622: Benedictus van HaeftenBenedictus van HaeftenBenedictus van Haeften Provost of Affligem Abbey and famous writer of religious works.Haeften commissioned Rubens and De Crayer to decorate the church and the monastery in Affligem.-Biography:...
, Den Lusthof der Christelycke Leeringhe - 1623: MuretusMuretusMuretus is the Latinized name of Marc Antoni Muret , a French humanist who was among the revivers of a Ciceronian Latin style and is among the usual candidates for the best Latin prose stylist of the Renaissance.-Biography:He was born at Muret near Limoges...
, Orationum, 2 volumes - 1625: Giuliano Bossi, Breve trattato d'alcune inventioni (2 editions)
- 1625: Anna Bijns, Den gheesteleycken nachtegael
- 1627: John BromyardeJohn BromyardeJohn Bromyarde or John de Bromyarde was the probable author of two books printed in the late 15th century. Bromyarde's name does not appear in contemporary lists of persons present at the council....
, Promptuarium concionatorum, omnibus dominici gregis pastoribus - 1627: Trajano BoccaliniTrajano BoccaliniTrajano Boccalini was an Italian satirist.The son of an architect, he himself adopted that profession, and it appears that he commenced late in life to apply to literary pursuits...
, Relationi politiche, published in collaboration with Willem Lesteens (1590-1661), Hieronymus' son-in-law, who was a member of the Guild of Saint Luke since 1612 and would also publish some books under his own name. His company was continued by his son-in-law Engelbert Gymnicus in 1662, but had nearly folded by 1669. - 1628: Zeger van Hontsum, Declaratio veridica, quod Begginae nomen
- 1629: Benedictus van Haeften, Schola cordis
- s.d.: Robr. Heusden, Rekenboeckxken
Hieronymus Verdussen II
Son of Hieronymus I. Born in 1583, married in 1617, died in 1653. His name first appears on prints (as "Hieron. Verdussen, de Ionghe") in 1624.- 1643: Heribert RosweydeHeribert RosweydeHeribert Rosweyde was a Jesuit hagiographer. His work, quite unfinished, was taken up by Jean Bolland who systematized it, while broadening its perspective. This is the beginning of the association of the Bollandists.-Research:He entered the Society of Jesus in 1588...
, Het leven ende spreucken der vaderen - 1646: Anna Bijns, Konstighe refereynen
- 1650: the anonymous pamphlet "Protest van den Brabander, aen de lesers van 't Hollands praatje"
Willem Verdussen
Son of Hieronymus I. Born in 1592, married in 1616, and died in 1667. Mainly known as the printer of the Extraordinarissche Post-Tijdinghen from March or April 1635 on, as a successor to Abraham VerhoevenAbraham Verhoeven
Abraham Verhoeven was the publisher of the first newspaper of the Southern Netherlands .From 1605 he was licensed to print news of military victories in woodblock or copperplate. Thereafter he produced not only prints but also, with increasing frequency, illustrated news pamphlets...
's Nieuwe Tijdinghen
Nieuwe Tijdinghen
Nieuwe Tijdinghen is the name cataloguers and bibliographers have given to the first Flemish newspaper, which was published without a single fixed title. News was printed from across Western and Central Europe....
, the first newspaper in the Southern Netherlands. The Post-Tijdinghen ran at least until 1645, but would continue under different titles until 1827.
- 1619, Johannes David Heemsen, Nederduytsche Poëmata
- 1627: Ghenuechelijcke ende recreatieve exempelen
Jakob Verdussen
Jakob Verdussen was the son of Willem Verdussen. He continued his newspaper publications (with varying titles) until 1695, when he sold his company to Hendrik Aertsens III.Hieronymus Verdussen III and Jan Baptist Verdussen
Hieronymus III and Jan Baptist were sons of Hieronymus II. Hieronymus III was born in 1620, married in 1649, and again in 1652, entered the guild in 1657, and died in 1687. Jan Baptist was born in 1625 and died in 1689. They published some works separate, but many together, making it easier to group them together here.- 1653: Processionale (reprint 1670, 1683)
- 1655: Diego de Saavedra FajardoDiego de Saavedra FajardoDiego de Saavedra Fajardo was a Spanish diplomat and man of letters.- Biography :He was born in Algezares, in what is now the province of Murcia....
, Idea de un príncipe político cristiano, reprinted in 1659 and 1677, and included in a set of complete works by Saavedra in 1681 - 1659: Arnaud de la Porte, Den nieuwen Dictionaris oft Schadt der Duytse en Spaensche Talen (3 volumes)
- 1661: Thomas AquinasThomas AquinasThomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
, Commentaria in omnes D. Pauli Apostolis Epistolas - 1662: Graduale romanum (reprint 1674, 1691)
- 1669: Baltasar GraciánBaltasar GraciánBaltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ was a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud .-Biography:...
, Arte de Ingenio - 1671: Paulus Christinaeus, Commentaria in leges municipales Mechlinienses and Practicarum Quaestionum
- 1672-1673: Miguel de CervantesMiguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written...
, Don Quixote, 2 volumes - 1674: Miguel de BarriosMiguel de BarriosMiguel Barrios was a Spanish poet and historian from a converso family. He was born in Montilla, Spain and died in Amsterdam. Miguel was the son of a converso, Simon de Barrios — who also called himself Jacob Levi Caniso — and Sarah Valle. His grandfather was Abraham Levi Caniso...
, Flor de Apolo and Las poesias famosos - 1675: Antonio PérezAntonio Pérez]Antonio Pérez was a Spanish statesman, secretary of king Philip II of Spain.- Early years :Antonio Perez was born in Madrid in 1540. In 1542 he was legalized as son of Gonzalo Pérez, Secretary of the Council of State of king Charles I of Spain . Most probably Antonio was indeed the son of...
, Institutiones Imperiales Erotematibus distinctae - 1675: Franciscus van der Zype, Opera omnia, 2 volumes
- 1676: Melchior de la Cerda, Camporum eloquentiae in causis
- 1676: Augustine of HippoAugustine of HippoAugustine of Hippo , also known as Augustine, St. Augustine, St. Austin, St. Augoustinos, Blessed Augustine, or St. Augustine the Blessed, was Bishop of Hippo Regius . He was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who lived in the Roman Africa Province...
, La ciudad de Dios - 1680: Augustine of Hippo, De doctrina christiana
- 1680: François Pomey, Novus candidatus rhetoricae, reprinted 1686
- 1681: Prudencio de SandovalPrudencio de SandovalFray Prudencio de Sandoval was a Spanish historian and Benedictine, the Bishop of Tuy from 1608 to 1612 and Bishop of Pamplona thereafter until his death. He continued the chronicle begun by Florián de Ocampo and Ambrosio de Morales, and rather uncritically compiled a large collection of...
, Historia de la Vida y Hechos del Emperador Carlos V - 1681: Mateo AlemánMateo AlemánMateo Alemán y de Enero was a Spanish novelist and writer.He graduated at Seville University in 1564, studied later at Salamanca and Alcalá, and from 1571 to 1588 held a post in the treasury; in 1594 he was arrested on suspicion of malversation, but was speedily released...
, Guzmán de AlfaracheGuzmán de AlfaracheGuzmán de Alfarache is a picaresque novel written by Mateo Alemán and published in two parts: the first in Madrid in 1599 with the title Primera parte de Guzmán de Alfarache, and the second in 1604, titled Segunda parte de la vida de Guzmán de Alfarache, atalaya de la vida humana.The works tells...
: reprinted in 1686 - 1683: Thomas à KempisThomas à KempisThomas à Kempis was a late Medieval Catholic monk and the probable author of The Imitation of Christ, which is one of the best known Christian books on devotion. His name means, "Thomas of Kempen", his home town and in German he is known as Thomas von Kempen...
, De Imitatione Christi - 1684: Juan Eusebio NierembergJuan Eusebio NierembergJuan Eusebio Nieremberg , Spanish Jesuit and mystic.His parents were German. He studied the classics at the Royal Court, he studied science at Alcalá and canon law at Salamanca....
, De la diferencia entro lo temporal y eterno - 1686: Everard Bronchorst, De diversis regulis juris antiqui
- 1687: Cornelius a LapideCornelius a LapideCornelius Cornelii a Lapide was a Flemish Jesuit and exegete.-Life:He was born at Bocholt, in Belgian Limburg...
, Commentaria, 6 volumes (published by the widow and sons of Hieronymus, republished some times over the next decades) - 1687: Alonso Nuñez de Castro, Corona gothica, castellana, y austriaca
- 1688: Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Historia general de las Conquistas del Nuevo Reyno de Grenada
Jan Baptist Verdussen II
The son of Jan Baptist Verdussen, born in 1659, died in 1759 nearly 100 years old. Printed mainly reprints from earlier Verdussen publications.- 1695: Francis SylviusFrancis SylviusFrancis Sylvius was a Flemish Roman Catholic theologian.-Life:...
, Opera omnia, sex tomis comprehensa (6 vols.) - 1728: Antonio de Herrera y TordesillasAntonio de Herrera y TordesillasAntonio de Herrera y Tordesillas , Spanish historian, was born at Cuéllar, in the province of Segovia.-Biography:His father, Roderigo de Tordesillas, and his mother, Agnes de Herrera, were both of good family...
, Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos (1728, 4 vols.)
Hieronymus Verdussen V
Son of Hieronymus III. Born 1650, entered the guild 1683, died 1717.- About 1700: Reynaert den Vos oft der Dieren Oordeel
- 1707-1730: Nieuwen almanach ofte aenwyser der daghen voor het jaer (continued by Martinus Verdussen)
- 1710: P. Suetmans, Het Brussels Moeselken pijpende verscheyden vermaeckelijcke liedekens
Hendrik and Cornelis Verdussen
Cousins of Jan Baptist Verdussen II. Hendrik was the second son of Hieronymus III, born in 1653, married in 1689, entered the guild in 1691 and died in 1721. Cornelis was born in 1661, entered the guild in 1692 and died in 1728. They printed many reprints of earlier Verdussen publications as well.- 1688: Pierre-Paul Billet, Arte para aprender la Langua Francesca
- 1699: Francisco de QuevedoFrancisco de QuevedoFrancisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is characterized by what was called conceptismo...
, Obras, 3 volumes - 1701: Famianus Strada, 'Primera decada [...] and Segunda decada de las guerras de Flandes, third impression
- 1707: André TacquetAndré TacquetAndré Tacquet was a Flemish mathematician and Jesuit Priest. His work prepared ground for the eventual discovery of the calculus....
, Opera mathematica, demonstrata et propugnata - 1708: Hendrik GoltziusHendrik GoltziusHendrik Goltzius , was a Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, noted for his sophisticated technique and the "exuberance" of his compositions. According to A...
, Icones Imperatorum Romanorum (4 volumes, the fifth appeared nearly a century later) - 1718: Cornelius a LapideCornelius a LapideCornelius Cornelii a Lapide was a Flemish Jesuit and exegete.-Life:He was born at Bocholt, in Belgian Limburg...
, Commentaria in omnes Veteris et Novi Testamenti libros - s.d., Le cabinet des plus beaux portraits ... peints par Van Dyck, 126 portrait gravures
- s.d., Theatrum pictorium Davidis Teniers (probably 1684)
Cornelis Verdussen II
Son of Hendrik Verdussen. Born in 1706, married 1730, died in 1748. He was the Grand Almoner of Antwerp in 1738.Jan Baptist Verdussen III
Born in 1698. Alderman of Antwerp, member of the Académie impériale et royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de BruxellesThe Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
There are two Royal Academies for Science and the Arts in Belgium, corresponding to the two main languages of the country, Dutch and French . The Academies are located in the Palace of Academies in Brussels....
, and best known as a writer of history and a bibliophile. He wrote an Index chronologicus rerum Antverpiensium in 25 volumes, and an Index alphabeticus rerum Antverpiensium in 8 volumes. After his death in 1773, his library was sold in 1776: this contained next to a rich collection of works on national history and a number of incunables also a collection of prints of the works of Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck
Anthony van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next...
, e.a.
Hieronymus Verdussen VI
The son of Hieronymus Verdussen V, entered the guild in 1717, died before 1779.Martinus Verdussen
- 1730-1739: Nieuwen almanach ofte aenwyser der daghen voor het jaer (continuation of the yearly almanach published by Hieronymus IV)
- 1741: Adrianus Poirters, Het masker vande wereldt
Hieronymus Verdussen VII
Hieronymus Jan Verdussen, active around 1776, died in 1794.- 1793-1794: Directorium Antverpiense: continued by his widow until 1797
Peter Antoon Verdussen
Son of Cornelis II, born in 1737, married in 1767, died in 1790. His widow continued the company until she sold the machines in 1834.Jan Paul Verdussen
Son of Cornelis II, born in 1738, died without issue in 1803. Entered the guild in 1766, became dean of the guild in 1779. Alderman of Antwerp in 1790.Hendrik Peter Verdussen
Hendrik Peter (or Henri Pierre, as he was also known) Verdussen was born in Antwerp on 14 August 1778 as the son of Peter Antoon. He worked in his youth in the publishing shop of his father. His library of over 6000 items was sold after his death in 1857, ending the history of the publishing house of Verdussen.His brother Frans Antoon (1783-1850) was a member of Parliament, a Knight in the Order of Leopold, and a writer who was a leading member of the Flemish Movement
Flemish movement
The Flemish Movement is a popular term used to describe the political movement for emancipation and greater autonomy of the Belgian region of Flanders, for protection of the Dutch language, and for the over-all protection of Flemish culture and history....
around 1840. After the Belgian Revolution
Belgian Revolution
The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the Southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and established an independent Kingdom of Belgium....
in 1830, he became Mayor of Antwerp for two days, and afterwards served as Alderman of the city.
Sources
- Short Title Catalogue Vlaanderen, a database of books printed in Flanders in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries