Balthasar or Balthazar Bellerus or Bellère (active 1589–1634) was a printer first at

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

and later at

Douai Douai (, , ,; pcd, Doï; nl, Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some from Lille and from Arras, D ...

in the

Habsburg Netherlands Habsburg Netherlands was the Renaissance period fiefs in the Low Countries held by the Holy Roman Empire's House of Habsburg. The rule began in 1482, when the last House of Valois-Burgundy, Valois-Burgundy ruler of the Netherlands, Mary of Burgu ...

. He was a son of the reputable Antwerp printer Joannes Bellerus, and set up a printing shop of his own in the Rue des Ecoles in Douai in 1590, becoming a colleague and rival to

Jan Bogard Jean Bogard (died around 1634) was a printer in Leuven and Douai in the 16th and 17th centuries. Life Bogard was born in Leuven around the mid-16th century and from 1564 was working as a printer in the city. E.-H.-J. Reusens, "Bogard (Jean)", ''Bio ...

Félix Nève Félix-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Nève (born Ath, Belgium, 13 June 1816; died Leuven, 23 May 1893) was an Orientalist and philologist.Bruce Mansfield Man on His Own: Interpretations of Erasmus, C1750-1920, Volume 2 Lamy ''Félix-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph N ...

, "Beller (Balthazar) ou Bellère", ''

Biographie Nationale de Belgique The ''Biographie nationale de Belgique'' ( French; "National Biography of Belgium") is a biographical dictionary of Belgium. It was published by the Royal Academy of Belgium in 44 volumes between 1866 and 1986. A continuation series, entitled the ' ...

''
vol. 2
(Brussels, 1868), 136-138. The motto that appeared on his

printer's mark A printer's mark, device, emblem or insignia is a symbol that was used as a trademark by early printers starting in the 15th century. The first printer's mark is found in the 1457 Mainz Psalter by Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer. One of the mos ...

was ''Labore ac perseverantiâ'' (Work and perseverance). His marks were the golden compass and a unicorn dipping its horn in a stream. On 15 November 1638,

Balthasar Moretus Balthasar Moretus or Balthasar I Moretus (23 July 1574 – 6 July 1641) was a Flemish printer and head of the Plantin Press, Officina Plantiniana, the printing company established by his grandfather Christophe Plantin in Antwerp in 1555. He was the ...

wrote to Bellerus asking him to provide an apprenticeship for Martin Nutius, oldest son of the recently deceased Anwerp printer Martinus Nutius III. On 23 November Bellerus declined, predicting that there would be no future for the boy in Antwerp's shrinking book trade.

Max Rooses Max Rooses (10 February 1839 – 15 July 1914) was a Belgian writer, literary critic, and curator of the Plantin-Moretus Museum at Antwerp. Rooses was born in Antwerp, and went to school there up to 1858, after which he attended the University of ...

, "Martin Nutius III", ''

''
vol. 16
(Brussels, 1901), 14-15.

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* 1596:

Pedro de Ribadeneira Pedro de Ribadeneira S.J. ( Toledo, 1 November 1527 – Madrid, 10 September or 22 September 1611) was a Spanish hagiographer, Jesuit priest, companion of Ignatius of Loyola, and a Spanish Golden Age ascetic writer. Life Pedro was born at T ...

, ''La vie du père François de Borja'', translated by

Michel d'Esne Michel d'Esne de Betencourt (1540–1614) was a prelate in the Habsburg Netherlands. Life D'Esne was born in early January 1540, either in Tournai or in Cambrai, the son of Adam d'Esne, lord of Betencourt, and Bonne de Lalaing.F.F.J. Lecouvet, "M ...

* 1597 **

Nicolas de Montmorency Nicolas de Montmorency (ca. 1556–1617), count of Estaires, was an office holder and spiritual author in the Spanish Netherlands. Life Nicolas de Montmorency was born in by 1556, the third son of François de Montmorency, lord of Wastines, and H ...

, ''Manuale principes'' ** Iacobus de Vitriaco, ''Libri duo quorum prior orientalis, sive Hierosolymitanae: alter occidentalis historiae nomine inscribitur'' * 1605:

Floris Van der Haer Floris Van der Haer, also known as Florentius Haracus, (1547–1634) was a clergyman from the Habsburg Netherlands and an author of historical works. He was born in Leuven in 1547 to a family from Utrecht. As a clergyman he was attached first to S ...

, ''Antiquitatum liturgicarum arcana'', 2 volumes * 1608:

John Brugman John Brugman, O.F.M., was a 15th-century Franciscan friar A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century; the term distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadl ...

, ''La vie de la très Saincte et vrayment admirable vierge Ludyvine'', translated by Michel d'Esne * 1612: Philibert Monet, ''Delectus latinitatis'' * 1614: Guilielmus Estius, ''In Omnes Divi Pauli Apostoli Epistolas Commentariorum Tomus Prior'' * 1617: ''

Biblia Sacra The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacredness, sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of ...

'' in six volumes with the

Glossa Ordinaria The ''Glossa Ordinaria'', which is Latin for "Ordinary .e. in a standard formGloss", is a collection of biblical commentaries in the form of glosses. The glosses are drawn mostly from the Church Fathers, but the text was arranged by scholars du ...

and the postils of

Nicholas of Lyra Nicolas de Lyra __notoc__ 1479 Nicholas of Lyra (french: Nicolas de Lyre; – October 1349), or Nicolaus Lyranus, a Franciscan teacher, was among the most influential practitioners of biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages. Little is know ...

* 1618:

François-Hyacinthe Choquet François-Hyacinthe Choquet (ca. 1580–1645) was a Dominican hagiographer and spiritual author in the Spanish Netherlands. Life Choquet was born in Lille, in Walloon Flanders, around 1580. As a young man he was professed as a member of the Domin ...

, ''Sancti Belgii ordinis Praedicatorum'' * 1623: François-Hyacinthe Choquet, ''De confessione per literas, seu Internuncium, dissertationes theologicae'' * 1624: Vincentius Bellovacensis, ''Speculum naturale'', in 4 volumes * 1629: François-Hyacinthe Choquet, ''Actions mémorables des PP. Dominicains qui ont fleuri aux Pays-Bas'', translated by Jean de NoeuwirelleActions mémorables
on Google Books

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