Jean Petit (printer)

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Two printer's marks used by Jehan Petit (top right and bottom).

Jean or Jehan Petit, in Latin Johannes Parvus, was a printer, publisher and bookseller in Paris. [1] [2] From 1493 to 1530 he printed about one tenth of all publications in Paris, more than ten thousand volumes.

Petit was one of the four major booksellers at the University of Paris and greatly contributed to the spread of early Renaissance Humanism in Paris. He published a large number of original editions. Among his collaborators were Robert Estienne and Josse Bade. Petit was an example of a prosperous early printer.

Published works

Today his works are held in museums and private collections. [5] [6]

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References

  1. Universite Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle. "Jean Petit", Universite Sorbonne .
  2. Philippe Renouard (10 November 2011). Imprimeurs parisiens, libraires, fondeurs de caractères et correcteurs d'imprimerie, depuis l'introduction de l'imprimerie a Paris (1470) jusqu'a la fin du XVIe siècle: Leurs adresses, marques, enseignes, dates d'exercice. Notes sur leurs familles, leurs alliances et leur descendance, d'après les renseignements bibliographiques et des documents inédits. Cambridge University Press. pp. 293–. ISBN   978-1-108-03534-7.
  3. Virginia Reinburg (2 February 2012). French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, C.1400-1600. Cambridge University Press. pp. 251–. ISBN   978-1-107-00721-5.
  4. 1 2 George Hugo Tucker (1 January 2003). Homo Viator: Itineraries of Exile, Displacement and Writing in Renaissance Europe. Librairie Droz. pp. 96–. ISBN   978-2-600-00857-0.
  5. "Anonymous France (Paris) 1528; Border and Printer's Mark of Jehan Petit, 1518". Harvard Art Museum.
  6. Collectif. The Early Editions of the Roman de la Rose. Slatkine. pp. 45–. GGKEY:SARN3HZBPCR.