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Archive
survives
Sources
- I.H. van Eeghen, De Gilden: theorie en praktijk (Bussum: C.A.J. van Dishoeck, 1965), pp.100-7
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Antwerp
Lucasgilde [Guild of St Luke]1450s-1612
Brief history
Records go back to 1450s; Antwerp book trade was ordered to form a guild in 1557; in 1558 a separate “nation” for trade within Lucasgilde; 1612 printers tried to form own guild
Archive
survives
Sources
- Paul Arblaster [private information]
- Paul Rolland, “Inventaris op het Archief van het Oud Sint Lucasgild en van de Oud Koninklijke Academie van Antwerpen”, Antwerpen’s Oudheikundige Kring: XVe Jaarboek (1939), pp. 42-101
- De Liggeren en andere historische Archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde, ed. by P. Rombouts and T. van Lerius, 2 vols (Antwerp, 1864-1876)
Bruges
Der Ghilde van sinte jan Ewagz [Guild of St John the Evangelist]
1454
Brief history
Chartered in 1454
Archive
unknown status
Sources
- George Haven Putnam, Books and Their Makers during the Middle Ages, 2 vols (New York & London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1896-97), I.106
Brussels
Les Frères de la Plume
15th century
Brief history
[at about the same time as Antwerp & Bruges] the scriveners instituted a limited guild of their own”
Archive
unknown status
Sources
- George Haven Putnam, Books and Their Makers during the Middle Ages, 2 vols (New York & London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1896-97), I.107
[printers and booksellers]
1662
1662
Brief history
established 1662 — a copy of the royal order is Bodleian Library, Oxford, shelfmark: 4 D 275
Archive
unknown status
Sources
- Léon Voet, “The Printers’ Chapel in the Plantinian House”, The Library, 5th ser., 15 (1961), pp. 1-14
- Paul Arblaster [private information]
Dordrecht
Spellenmakersgild
1590
Brief history
“Lettermakers” guild - only evidence of existence in 1590
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Enkhuizen
Boekverkopersgilde
1659-1798
Brief history
Booksellers and bookbinders; founded 1659; dissolved 1798
Archive
does not survive
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Ghent
librariers gild
1424
Brief history
Does not seem to have been chartered
Archive
unknown status
Sources
- Hugh William Davies, Devices of the Early Printers 1457-1560: Their History and Development (London: Grafton & Co., 1935), p.153
- Paul Arblaster [private information]
Koopmans- of kramersgilde
before 1544-1798
Brief history
Included printers, binders and booksellers; founded before 1544; dissolved 1798; continued as Kramersambacht
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Boekdrukkers-, boekbinders- en boekverkopersgilde
1616-1798
Brief history
Founded 1616; dissolved 1798
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Hulst
Vettewariërs, merseniers en kruideniersgildebefore 1331-1795
Brief history
Included bookbinders; founded before 1331; dedicated to Saints Nicholas and Michael; dissolved 1795
Archive
does not survive
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Timmerliedengilde en kistenmakers
Malers, glasemakers, beeldesnyders, borduyrwerkers, boeckbynders en hillige-backers
1525-1798
1699-1798
1656-1806
Boekdrukkers, en boekbindersgilde
before 1798-1798
before 1513-1807
1483-1798
Brief history
In 1520 included bookbinders; founded 1483; dedicated to St Joseph; dissolved 1798
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Malers, glasemakers, beeldesnyders, borduyrwerkers, boeckbynders en hillige-backers
1525-1798
Brief history
In 1590 also included printers and booksellers; founded 1525 by separating from Timmerlieden; dedicated to St Luke; dissolved 1798
Archive
does not survive
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Leiden
Boekverkopersgilde
1636-1811
Brief history
Booksellers, printers, bookbinders and papersellers; founded 1651; dissolved 1811
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996 (which records the foundation date as 1636)
Van Selm, Menighte treffelijcke boeken (I'm very grateful to Marieke T.G.E. van Delft for this information)
- Laura Cruz, The Paradox of Prosperity: The Leiden Booksellers' Guild and the Distribution of Books in Early Modern Europe (New Castle: Oak Knoll, 2008) - due out January 2009
Middelburg
Boekdrukkers-, binders- en verkopersgilde
1590-1813Brief history
Separated from Guild of St Luke in 1590; (amalgamated 1620?); dissolved 1802
Archive
some survives from 1577
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996 (which records the date of dissolution as 1813)
- W.S. Unger, De archieven der Gilden en beurzen (Middelburg 1930), p. 14 (I'm very grateful to Marieke T.G.E. van Delft for this information)
Rotterdam
Boekverkopersgilde1699-1798
Brief history
Booksellers, printers and binders; separated from Guild of St Luke 1699; dissolved 1798
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
- Hans van Mourik, 'Het boekverkopersgilde in Rottterdam', in Rotterdam Bibliopolis, ed. H. Bots et al (Rotterdam: Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst, 1997), pp. 463-81 [not consulted]
1463-1798
Boekverkopersgilde
1702-1798
Brief history
In 1650s included booksellers and printers; founded 1463; dissolved 1798
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Boekverkopersgilde
1702-1798
Brief history
Booksellers, printers and binders split from Guild of St Luke 1702; dissolved 1798
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Steenwijk
Silversmids, tinnegieters, glazemakers, en boekbindersgilde
before 1798-1798
Brief history
Founded before 1798; dissolved 1798
Archive
does not survive
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Utrecht
Sadelaarsgilde
1304-1798
Letterszetters en boekdrukkers
1599-1792
Boekverkopersgilde
before 1753-1798
1304-1798
Brief history
In 1540 included printers and binders; founded 1304; dedicated to “Maria ter Snee”; dissolved 1798
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Letterszetters en boekdrukkers
1599-1792
Brief history
Compositors and printers; also included booksellers; separated from Zadelaars guild in 1599; dissolved 1792
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
before 1753-1798
Brief history
Founded before 1753; dissolved 1798 [IISH]
Archive
does not survive
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Vlissingen
Schilders, boekdrukkers [&] verkopers en beeldhowersgilde1656-1806
Brief history
Printers and booksellers; separated from Schilders & Kramers guilds in 1656; dissolved 1806
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
before 1798-1798
Brief history
Printers and binders; possibly also booksellers; separated from Schilders and other guilds before 1798; dissolved 1798
Archive
does not survive
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Zierikzee
St Lucasgildebefore 1513-1807
Brief history
Included bookbinders; founded before 1513; dissolved 1807
Archive
survives
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996
Included printers, binders, booksellers; founded 1537; dissolved 1798
Archive
does not survive
Sources
- Database search at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, November 1996