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Jacobus Zegers

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Died
  
Leuven, Belgium

Name
  
Jacobus Zegers


Era
  
handpress

Years active
  
1631–1644

Jacobus Zegers

Known for
  
printing Cornelius Jansen's Augustinus (1640)

Spouse(s)
  
(1) Catherine Caverenne (2) Paschase De Zangere (daughter of Petrus Zangrius)

Occupation
  
printer and bookseller

Organization
  
Old University of Leuven

Jacobus Zegers (died 14 January 1644) was an academic printer and bookseller in Leuven, with many clients among the faculty of Leuven University. He was the printer of Cornelius Jansen's Augustinus (1640).

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Life

Zegers settled in Leuven around 1631, married twice, and had a thriving business as an academic publisher and bookseller. His clients included Nicolaus Vernulaeus and Diodorus Tuldenus.

Having printed Cornelius Jansen's massive three-volume Augustinus in 1640, the papal condemnation of the work and the ensuing controversies drove Zegers to the brink of bankruptcy and led to his untimely death. His widow continued the bookshop, with the support of Jansenist patrons.

Publications

  • 1631: Cornelius Jansen, Notarum spongia
  • 1635: anonymous (Cornelius Jansen) Mars Gallicus
  • 1639: Cornelius Jansen, Tetrateuchus, sive Commentarius in sancta Iesu Christi evangelia
  • 1640: Nicolaus Vernulaeus, Virtutum augustissimae gentis austriacae. Libri tres
  • 1640: Cornelius Jansen, Augustinus
  • 1641: Cornelius Jansen, Pentateuchus: sive commentarius in quinque libros Moysis
  • 1641: Nicolaus Vernulaeus, Laudatio funebris principi Ferdinando

    • Studies

  • L. Ceyssens, "Jacobus Zegers, drukker te Leuven", Eigen Schoon en De Brabander 45 (1964): 204-216.

    • References

    Jacobus Zegers Wikipedia
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