Margaretha van Bancken (

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1628 -

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1694) was a Dutch publisher from

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She was the daughter of Dirck van Bancken and Anna Noppen.Margarita van Bancken
in ''Alfabetische lijst der boekdrukkers, boekverkoopers en uitgevers in Noord-Nederland sedert de uitvinding der boekdrukkunst tot den aanvang der negentiende eeuw, by Adrianus Marinus Ledeboer, 1876 in archive.org She married the city printer on 19 April 1661, .Margaretha van Bancken
in 1001 Vrouwen Their son,

Gerard Casteleyn Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

continued their work as publishers in the centrally located house "In de Blije Druck" on the main square

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. Most of their printing commissions came from the

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across the square, but they also ran the newspaper called ''

Opregte Haarlemsche Courant The ''Haarlems Dagblad'' is a regional newspaper in Haarlem, Netherlands. It makes claim to being the newspaper with the oldest publishing history in the world, even if this claim is based on its (forced) merger with another title. ''Oprechte ...

''. The painter

Jan de Bray Jan de Bray (c. 1627 – April 4, 1697) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem until the age of 60, when he went bankrupt and moved to Amsterdam. Jan de Bray was influenced by his father Salomon de Bray, and the por ...

painted their double portrait sitting with clasped hands under a bust of

Laurens Janszoon Coster Laurens Janszoon Coster (c. 1370, Haarlem – c. 1440), or Laurens Jansz Koster, is the purported inventor of a printing press from Haarlem. He allegedly invented printing simultaneously with Johannes Gutenberg and was regarded by some in t ...

, the Haarlem inventor of the printing press. File:Abraham Casteleyn en zijn echtgenote Margarieta van Bancken Rijksmuseum SK-A-3280.jpeg, '' Portrait of Abraham Casteleyn and his Wife, Margaretha van Bancken'', by Jan de Bray, 1663 After her husband died she married Frederik van Vliet on 15 Sept. 1682 but continued to print works under her own name.

Works

* Haarlem pharmacopoea, ''Gedrukt tot Haerlem bij Margareta van Bancken Stads-Drukster, op de Markt 1692'' * Ordonnantie van de Bank van Leeninge, Binnen de Stadt Haerlem, ''Gedruckt by Margareta van Bancken, Stadsdruckster, op de Markt, Anno 1682'' * Renovatie en Amplicatie op de Keure ende Ordonnantie van de Zijde-Floers. ''Gedruckt tot Haerlem, by Margareta van Bancken, Stads-Druckster, 1684''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bancken, Margaretha van 1628 births 1694 deaths Businesspeople from Haarlem Dutch women journalists 17th-century Dutch businesspeople 17th-century publishers (people) 17th-century journalists 17th-century women journalists 17th-century Dutch businesswomen

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