About Joannes Grapheus
Lived 1502 – 1571 (aged 68–69). Joannes Grapheus was a printer, typographer, publisher and bookseller.
Joannes Grapheus (1502, Alost - 1571) was an early printer based in Antwerp.
His brother was Cornelis Scribonius Grapheus the Antwerp city clerk. He married Elisabeth Van Amersfoort, daughter of Gerhard Amersfoort. Her sisters married Franz Birckmann and John Siberch.
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Who was Joannes Grapheus?
Printer based in Antwerp (1502–1571)
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Joannes Grapheus was born in 1502.
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Joannes Grapheus died in 1571.
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Joannes Grapheus was a printer, typographer, publisher and bookseller.
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