Nicolaes Breyghel (died 1669), Latinized Nicolaus Breyghelius, was a leading printer and bookseller in 17th-century

Bruges Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the countr ...

in the

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. He was the first publisher of a weekly newspaper in the city.

Career

Breyghel, originally from

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

, trained as a printer in

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in the early 17th century, becoming a freeman of the city and a master of the

Guild of Saint Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was ide ...

in 1624. In 1625 he set up shop in Bruges, his relocation expenses reimbursed by the city council.Arthur der Weduwen, ''Dutch and Flemish Newspapers of the Seventeenth Century'' (Brill: Leiden and Boston, 2017), pp. 468-470. Much of his work was printing official publications for the city, but by 1637 he was also publishing the city's first newspaper, ''Nieuwe Tydinghen uyt verscheyde ghewesten''. This was printed weekly, usually on Tuesdays. Between 1640 and 1658 he repeatedly held office in the booksellers' guild. He died on 17 April 1669.

Publications

Books

* 1625:

Olivier de Wree Olivier de Wree (1596–1652), pen name Latinized as Olivarius Vredius, was a new Latin poet and historian from the Habsburg Netherlands. Life Born in Bruges on 28 September 1596, De Wree was educated at Jesuit schools there and at Douai. After t ...

, ''De vermaerde oorlogh-stucken vanden wonderdadighen velt-heer Carel de Longueval''. * 1627:

Maximiliaan de Vriendt Maximiliaan de Vriendt, Latinized Maximus Æmilianus Vrientius (1559–1614), was a Neo-Latin poet and a civic office-holder in the city of Ghent. Life De Vriendt was born at Zandenburg Castle, Veere, on 31 January 1559, to Jacques Jacobs de Vrien ...

, ''Epigrammatum Libri IX''. * 1628:

Anselmus de Boodt Anselmus de Boodt or Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt (Bruges, 1550 - Bruges, 21 June 1632) was a Flemish humanist, mineralogist, physician and naturalist. Along with the German known as Georgius Agricola, de Boodt was responsible for establishing m ...

, ''De baene des hemels ende der deughden'' * 1630:

Pierre Marchant Pierre Marchant or Petrus Marchantius O.F.M.Rec. (1585–1661) was a spiritual writer and religious reformer in 17th-century Flanders. Life Marchant was born at Couvin in what is now Belgium in 1585 and entered the recollect community in that tow ...

, ''Sanctificatio S. Josephi sponsi Virginis, nutritii Jesu, in utero asserta''. * 1631: ** ''Loop-plaetsen, in tijde van alarme ofte van brande by daghe ofte by nachte''. ** Henricus Vanden Zype, ''Examen quaestionis, an magis expediat devotam in mundo quam religiosam in monasterio vitam agere''. * 1632: ** ''Advertissement, trauwe waerschuwinghe ende instructie'' (civic regulations during an epidemic). ** ''Remedien tegen de peste''. * 1634:

Franciscus Piroulle François, France or Franciscus Piroulle (died 1663) was a theologian in the Habsburg Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. Life Piroulle was born in Limbourg ( Duchy of Limburg) and studied at Leuven University, where he graduated wit ...

, ''Oratio funebris in obitum augustae et felicis memoriae Isabellae Clarae Eugeniae Hispaniarum infantis, Belgarum principis, habita Brugis in aede D. Donatani XI. Januarii MDCXXXIV''. * 1638:

, ''Baculus pastoralis sive potestas episcoporum in regulares exemptos ab originibus suis explicata''. * 1641: Jan van Blitterswyck, ''Schat van ghebeden tot O.L. Vrouwe, voor en na de biechte''. * 1642: ''D. Nicolaus Myrensium episcopus'' (a play performed by the students of the Jesuit college in Bruges on 27, 28 and 29 January 1642). * 1655:

Charles de Visch Carolus or Karel de Visch (1596–1666) was a Cistercian bibliographer, and prior of Ten Duinen Abbey. Life De Visch was born in the village of Bulskamp, near Veurne (County of Flanders) on 15 August 1596, to Joris de Visch and Maria van den He ...

, ''Vita Reverendi in Christo Patris ac Domini, D. Adriani Cancellier, monasterii Dunensis, Ordinis Cisterciensis, quondam Abbatis''. * 1661: ''t'Samen-spraeck tusschen een Portugees ende een Spanjaert, over het besloten houwelijck van den herstelden koninck van Engelant, met de dochter vanden hertogh van Bragance, diemen koninck van Portugael noemt, ende de dingen die daer uyt staen te volgen''. * 1663: **''Tractatus historicus primae originis festivitatis sacratissimi corporis et sanguinis Christi'' **''Ambrosius door het bestier van edeldom, wijsheyt, ende deught vervoordert tot het bisdom van Milanen'' (a play performed by the students of the Jesuit college in Bruges on 29, 30 and 31 January 1663).

Newspaper

* 1637–1658: ''Nieuwe Tydinghen uyt verscheyde ghewesten''.Partially available
from

Bruges City Library Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the country by population. The area of the whole city a ...

References

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