Printer Item Type Metadata
Printer's name
Ioannes Variscus, Haeredes Sessae, Francesco Calegaris
Biographical Text
Variscus & Co: Publishing company active in Venice for the printing of legal texts. Francesco or Giovanni Francesco Calegari, son of Giacomo, originally from Biella and a bookseller in Messina was in company with Varisco and Sessa in 1571 and 1572.
Haeredes Sessa Melchiorre:
Publishers and printers active in Venice at least until 1629. They were the widow, Veronica, and the Sons of Melchiorre the elder: Giovanni Battista the younger, Giovanni Bernardo, Melchiorre the younger and Bernardino. The company was administered by Veronica at least until 1582; the sons worked both together and separately, and were part of several publishing companies, including that of the "Society of the Renewed Eagle." As publishers, they used many printers, including Giovanni Antonio Rampazetto, Girolamo Polo, Alessandro Griffio and Domenico Nicolini da Sabbio. The mark of the heirs also appears sporadically in editions published before the death of Melchiorre the elder, which occurred towards the end of 1565.
Texts translated from CERL
Haeredes Sessa Melchiorre:
Publishers and printers active in Venice at least until 1629. They were the widow, Veronica, and the Sons of Melchiorre the elder: Giovanni Battista the younger, Giovanni Bernardo, Melchiorre the younger and Bernardino. The company was administered by Veronica at least until 1582; the sons worked both together and separately, and were part of several publishing companies, including that of the "Society of the Renewed Eagle." As publishers, they used many printers, including Giovanni Antonio Rampazetto, Girolamo Polo, Alessandro Griffio and Domenico Nicolini da Sabbio. The mark of the heirs also appears sporadically in editions published before the death of Melchiorre the elder, which occurred towards the end of 1565.
Texts translated from CERL
Motto
Θεοῦ διδόντος, οὐδὲν ἰσχύει φθόνος·
καὶ μὴ διδόντος, οὐδὲν ἰσχύει πόνος (adapted from Michael Apostolios 8.81i. This motto is not on mark in this site)
καὶ μὴ διδόντος, οὐδὲν ἰσχύει πόνος (adapted from Michael Apostolios 8.81i. This motto is not on mark in this site)
When God gives, Envy has no strength.
When God gives not, Toil has no strength.
When God gives not, Toil has no strength.
City and Country
Venice, Italy
Bibliography
Sessa, Melchior. “The Printer’s Mark of the Sessa Family.” Accessed January 27, 2022. http://gallery.lib.umn.edu/items/show/842.
CERL on Sessa: https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00021778
CERL on Sessa: https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00021778
“SESSA, Melchiorre in ‘Dizionario Biografico.’” Accessed February 4, 2022. https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/melchiorre-sessa_(Dizionario-Biografico).