Joachim Trognaesius, sometimes Trognesius or Trogney (died 23 June 1624), was a printer and bookseller in late-16th-century and early-17th-century Antwerp.

Joachim Trognaesius
Joachim Trogney
Bornbetween 1556 and 1559
Died23 June 1624
Occupation(s)printer and bookseller
Years active1588–1624
Erahandpress
SpouseLivine de Pickere
ChildrenAlexander Trognaesius
Caesar Joachim Trognaesius
ParentJan Trognaesius
Printer's device of Joachim Trognaesius as used in Het paradiis der gheesteliicker vrevchden verciert met vytghelesen gheesteliicke liedekens (1617), Universiteit Gent - Boekentoren BL.006581

Life

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Joachim Trognaesius is first mentioned as a bookseller in the accounts of the Plantin Office in 1586 and of the Chamber of Rhetoric the Violieren in 1588.[1]

As a printer he produced works in Dutch, French, Italian, English and Latin, including history books, devotional works, classical texts and almanacs. There was a particular prevalence of Jesuit works among his output. He was also, together with his son Alexander, alleged to be a purveyor of illustrated editions of the pornographic sonnets of Pietro Aretino.[2] He had commercial links with the geographer Abraham Ortelius.[3]

He died on 23 June 1624. His business, on the churchyard of Antwerp Cathedral, was continued by his son, Caesar Joachim Trognaesius (born 1590), who was also a designer of calligraphic type.[4]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ Maurice Sabbe, "Joachim Trognaesius", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 25 (Brussels, 1932), 661–662.
  2. ^ Fernand Donnet, Les imprimeurs Trognaesius et leur famille (Antwerp, 1919), pp. 43-45.
  3. ^ Anne Rouzet, Dictionnaire des imprimeurs, libraires et éditeurs des XVe et XVIe siècles dans les limites géographiques de la Belge actuelle (Nieuwkoop, 1975), pp. 224–225.
  4. ^ Maurice Sabbe, "César-Joachim Trognaesius", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 25 (Brussels, 1932), 662.