Chapter Did Peter van Selow (1582-1650) have Dutch roots? New sources about a well-known type founder and printer

• Auteur principal: Maier, Ingrid (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2022
• Sujets: Netherlands; Library, archive & information management; History: specific events & topics; Dutch; Seventeenth century; type founder; printer; Peter van Selow; Grevesmühlen; Stockholm
• Accès en ligne: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Previous attempts to describe the life of Peter van Selow, one of the more important type founders and printers in Sweden during the first half of the seventeenth century, have suffered from serious deficiencies: we knew neither the dates of his birth and death, nor was it clear where he was born. Q...