Meurer
Record IDcni00008567
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00008567
Gendermale
Biographical Data1589 - 1672
Last Edit2024-02-08
General Note
Ignatius Meurer was born in Thuringia 1589 (SBL has 1586, but this is obviously a misprint). He was trained as printer in Greifswald and worked in Rostock before coming to Stockholm in 1609, where he first worked in the printing house of Andreas Gutterwitz and later as foreman in the printing house of Anund Olofsson Helsing’s widow, Christina Mårtensdotter Klinck. In 1613 he married the widow and became the owner of the printing house. Already in 1614 he acquired some kind of royal privilege, but he did not use the appellation until in 1664. He developed the business to a great extent, and besides being a printer he was an important publisher. He printed the first Swedish newspaper, in 1645. He had his own typefoundry but there is no evidence that he sold types to other printers. He ran the printing house until his death in 1672, when it was taken over by J.G. Eberdt. [Sources: Johann Gerdessen, Endlich zur Ruhe ..., Stockholm 1672 (funeral sermon).]
Imprimeur-libraire ; imprimeur royal (1614). - Originaire de Thuringe, il vient travailler à Stockholm en 1610 et s'établit à son compte en 1613
Originaire de Thuringe, il vient travailler à Stockholm en 1610 et s'établit à son compte en 1613; imprimeur royal (1614)
More Information
Further Biographical Data1589-1672
24.04.1586-26.03.1672
1589-1672
Dates of Activity1613-1672
1613-1672
Profession / OccupationImprimeur-libraire
ActivityPrinter
Publisher
Typefounder
Imprimeur-libraire
Type de document concerné: Texte imprimé
Drucker
NationalitySweden
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Devise(s) : Immolor malis bestiis – Printer's Device
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Fortification tower with beasts beneath and device Immolor malis bestiis around the monogram IM – Printer's Device
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Two lions holding the monogram IM encircled by the devise Immolor malis bestiis – Printer's Device
Names
HeadingMeurer
Meurer, Ignatius
used in: Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Variant NameMeurer
Meurer, I.
Meurer, Ign.
Meurer, Ignatius
aff Ignatio Meurer
hoos Ignatium Meurer
typis Meurerianis
Meurerus, Ignatius
Typis Meurerianis, Stockholm
Sources
Found inBengtsson. — Bircher. — Klemming-Nordin. — Svensk Uppslagsbok. — SBL. — SOT. — SB16