Gauthier Manilius Explained

Gauthier Manilius
Birth Date:unknown
Death Date:late 1626
Occupation:printer and bookseller
Years Active:1574–1626
Era:handpress
Notable Works:Nicasius Van der Schuere, Een cleyne of corte institutie dat is onderwysinghe der christelijcker religie (1581) – Dutch abridgement of Calvin's Institutes
Spouse:Jossine De Vos
Children:Servais Manilius
Parents:Cornelis Manilius and Collyne van Eestenrycke
Relatives:Ghileyn Manilius (brother)

Gauthier Manilius (died late 1626) was active as a printer and bookseller in Ghent from 1574 until his death. His career was marked by the course of the Dutch Revolt.

Life

Gauthier took over the family printing business, founded by his father, on his brother Ghileyn's death in 1574. Over the course of his fifty-two-year career he printed over 300 titles. Under the Calvinist regime (1578–1584) he printed Calvinist books, most importantly a Dutch abridgement of Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion. From 1585 he printed Catholic books. Much of his work, however, was legal printing for the City of Ghent and the Council of Flanders, and other secular material. He died in late 1626.[1] His widow ran the business from 1626 to 1631, when their son, Servais Manilius, came into his inheritance.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. [Victor Vander Haeghen]

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