Izaak Enschedé (

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the Provinces of the Nether ...

, 16 April 1681 – Haarlem, 1 May 1761) was the founder of the printing company Royal

Joh. Enschedé Royal Joh. Enschedé () is a printer of security documents, stamps and banknotes based in Haarlem, Netherlands - it specialises in print, media and security. The company hosted the Museum Enschedé until 1990 and has branches in Amsterdam, Brus ...

in 1703.Zuidema
Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek
p.572 (Dutch) He was the son of Johannes Enscheda (baptised

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

, 18 July 1642 – Haarlem, 4 October 1706) and Elisabeth Jansdochter van den Berg (27 April 1632, Haarlem – 18 July 1723, Haarlem). On 29 October 1702 in Haarlem, he married Beeltje van der Lucht (Haarlem, 22 January 1677 – Haarlem, 8 March 1756), daughter of Barend Stevenzoon van der Lucht and Jozijntje Marchant.Het huis Enschedé, 1703-1953, Joh.Enschedé en zonen, Haarlem, 1953 Until then Enschedé worked for the

Opregte Haarlemsche Courant The ''Haarlems Dagblad'' is a regional newspaper in Haarlem, Netherlands. It claims to be the oldest newspaper in the world still in printed circulation, although it was forced to merge with another Haarlem-based newspaper during the Netherland ...

that was owned by the heirs of Vincent Casteleyn. Together with his son

Johannes Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as " John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Y ...

, they bought the newspaper in 1737, the same year they were named city publisher by the council of Haarlem. The family business went well and they took over the typesetting business of the Amsterdam publisher Hendrik Floris Wetstein in 1743, which had fonts designed by the punchcutter

Joan Michaël Fleischman Joan Michaël Fleischman (1707–27 May 1768, ), was an 18th-century German-Dutch typographer and punchcutter. Fleischman worked in the Baroque period of design and his roman typefaces have been described as "transitional" in style, more st ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Enschede, Izaak 18th-century Dutch businesspeople People from Haarlem Joh. Enschedé 1681 births 1761 deaths