Jean de Tournes (1593–1669) was a Genevan

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, and member of a long-lasting family printing business. He was the son of

Jean de Tournes Jean de Tournes (; 1504–1564) was a French printer, book publisher and bookseller, and the founder of a long-lasting family printing business. From 1559 he was the , printer to the French king. Life Jean de Tournes was born in Lyon in ...

(1539–1615) and grandson of

(1504–1564); he was the son-in-law of

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Life

Jean de Tournes was born in

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in 1593. He took over his father's printing and publishing business in 1615. In 1619 he sold his house at the sign of the Deux Vipères in rue Raisin,

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, to the printer and bookseller

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. Jean de Tournes retired in 1653, and was succeeded in the family business by his sons Jean Antoine and Samuel de Tournes. He died in 1669. The emblem of the de Tournes press was two entwined

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1593 births 1669 deaths Printers from the Republic of Geneva 17th-century businesspeople from the Republic of Geneva {{Switzerland-business-bio-stub