Balthazar Bellerus

Balthasar or Balthazar Bellerus or Bellère (active 1589–1634) was a printer first at Antwerp and later at Douai in the Habsburg Netherlands. He was a son of the reputable Antwerp printer Joannes Bellerus, and set up a printing shop of his own in the Rue des Ecoles in Douai in 1590, becoming a colleague and rival to Jean Bogard.[1] The motto that appeared on his printer's mark was Labore ac perseverantiâ (Work and perseverance). His marks were the golden compass and a unicorn dipping its horn in a stream.[1]

Works

Further reading

  • Albert Labarre, "Les Catalogues de Balthasar Bellère à Douai, 1598–1636", Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 55 (1980), pp. 150–154.
  • H. Vanhulst, "Balthasar Bellère, marchand de musique à Douai (1603–1636)", Revue de musicologie, 85 (1999), pp. 227–263.

References

  1. Félix Nève, "Beller (Balthazar) ou Bellère", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, 1868), 136-138.
  2. Vol. 1, vol. 2 on Google Books.
  3. Delectus latinitatis on Google Books
  4. Actions mémorables on Google Books
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