Printer Item Type Metadata
Printer's name
Sebastian Nivelle
Biographical Text
"Other spellings: Nivellus; Nyvelle. - Printer-bookseller; sworn bookseller [of the University of Paris] (1571). - Son of Jean Nivelle, a papermaker in Troyes, he began working at the press of Charlotte Guillard, whose niece, Madeleine Baud(e)at (1533?-1611), he married, in Nov. 1550. He worked in association with many printers and booksellers, in particular with his uncle by marriage, Guillaume Des Bois, then his widow, Michelle Guillard, and Guillaume Merlin from 1558. This association uses a particular mark with the motto: "Veniet tempus messionis. No oderis laboriosa opera. Homo nascitur ad laborem. Vade, piger, ad formicam." Said to be 43 years old on Sept. 1568. In 1588, he joined forces with Federic II Morel for the publication of the "Code of King Henry III"; in this regard, he brought a lawsuit against the Gabiano brothers of Lyon, a lawsuit that was completed in 1597. Member of the first Compagnie de la Grand-Navire founded in 1582 and the Compagnie des usages founded in 1586 with Michel Sonnius, Guillaume Chaudière, Guillaume de La Nouë and Thomas Brumen. Actively participates in the Frankfurt fairs. Died in Paris on Nov. 1603. He was succeeded by his widow." (translation of CERL)
Date(s)
1525-1603
Motto
Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam ut sis longaevus super terram
Honor your father and mother so that you may be long-lived above ground
City and Country
"At the Sign of the Two Storks (sub Ciconiis)." Rue St. Jaques, Paris, France
Bibliography
- McMurtrie, Douglas C. (Douglas Crawford). The Book : The Story of Printing & Bookmaking. New York : Dorset Press, 1989, p. 301. http://archive.org/details/bookstoryofprint0000mcmu_m4m5.
- Roberts, William. Printers’ Marks: A chapter in the history of typography. London: George Bell and Sons, 1893, p. 125. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25663/25663-h/25663-h.htm.
- CERL Thesaurus. “Sebastian Nivelle.” Accessed February 5, 2022. https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00011316.
- Marques d’impressors. “Sebastian Nivelle in Marques d’impressors de la Biblioteca de Reserva de la Universitat de Barcelona.” Accessed February 5, 2022. https://marques.crai.ub.edu/ca/impressor/a11613063/a11613063_0.