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The Temple in Jerusalem depicted as the Dome of the Rock on the printer's mark of Marco Antonio Giustiniani, Venice 1545–52

A printer's mark, device, emblem or insignia is a symbol that was used as a trademark by early printers starting in the 15th century.

The first printer's mark is found in the 1457 Mainz Psalter by Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer.^[1] One of the most well-known old printer's marks is the dolphin and anchor, first used by the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius as his mark in 1502.^[2]

The database Printers' Devices of the Ancient Book Section of the Library of the University of Barcelona, was launched in October 1998.^[3] The University of Florida libraries also provide digital access to printers' devices and include The University of Chicago devices that have appeared on the cover of their publication The Library Quarterly.^[4]

Printers' devices have been incorporated in American library buildings, as a reflection of the British Arts and Crafts Movement.^[5]

From 1931 to 2012 Library Quarterly featured 328 printer's marks with an article on the history of each mark.^[6]

References

^ Roberts, William (1893). Printers' Marks, by. London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, & New York.
^ Nicole Howard (2005), "Printer's Devices", The book: the life story of a technology, Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN 9780313330285
^ University of Barcelona. "Printer's Devices" https://marques.crai.ub.edu/en/printers/devices Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/device.htm
^ Karen Nipps, "Printers' Devices as Decorative Elements in Library Architecture." The Library Quarterly 83 (July 2013): 271-278.
^ Kettnich, Karen, et al. “History of the Book, Printers’ Marks, and Library Quarterly.” The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, vol. 85, no. 4, 2015, pp. 345–46.

Publications

Havens, E., Tabb, W., & Sheridan Libraries. (2015). Renaissance printers’ devices : essays on the early art of printing & the King Memorial Windows of Johns Hopkins University. Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University.

External links

Patton, Maggie (11 July 2022). "The Printer's Mark". Openbook (Autumn 2022): 76–77.
Roberts, W. (1893). Printer's marks: a chapter in the history of typography. London; New York: George Bell & Sons. Project Gutenberg Ebook #25663 Released Jun 1, 2008.
Printers' marks from digitized rare books at the Linda Hall Library
Base de Typographie de la Renaissance, a database of circa 1100 marks and thousands of other printed ornaments
Index of The Library Quarterly covers, 1931 to date
Signa vides. Researching and recording printers‘ devices. Papers presented on 17–18 March 2015 at the CERL Workshop, hosted by the National Library of Austria, Vienna, ed. by M. Scheibe / A. Wolkenhauer, London 2015 (CERL Studies) [1]
Typographorum emblemata. The Printer's Mark in the Context of Early Modern Culture, ed by Anja Wolkenhauer and Bernhard F. Scholz, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/ NY 2018 (Schriftmedien 4) ISBN 978-3-11-043919-9, an international handbook and bibliography.

[1] Roberts, William (1893). Printers' Marks, by. London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, & New York.

[2] Nicole Howard (2005), "Printer's Devices", The book: the life story of a technology, Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN 9780313330285

[3] University of Barcelona. "Printer's Devices" https://marques.crai.ub.edu/en/printers/devices Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine

[4] University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/device.htm

[5] Karen Nipps, "Printers' Devices as Decorative Elements in Library Architecture." The Library Quarterly 83 (July 2013): 271-278.

[6] Kettnich, Karen, et al. “History of the Book, Printers’ Marks, and Library Quarterly.” The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, vol. 85, no. 4, 2015, pp. 345–46.

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-[[Image:Dome of the Rock, 1546 .jpg|thumb|150px|The [[Temple in Jerusalem]] depicted as the [[Dome of the Rock]] on the printer's mark of [[Marco Antonio Giustiniani]], Venice 1545-52]]
+[[Image:Dome_of_the_Rock,_1546.jpg|thumb|150px|The [[Temple in Jerusalem]] depicted as the [[Dome of the Rock]] on the printer's mark of [[Marco Antonio Giustiniani]], Venice 1545–52]]
-A '''printer's mark''', [[Heraldic badge|device]], [[emblem]] or [[insignia]] was a [[symbol]] used as a [[trademark]] by early [[Printer (publishing)|printer]]s starting in the 15th century.
+A '''printer's mark''', [[Heraldic badge|device]], [[emblem]] or insignia is a [[symbol]] that was used as a [[trademark]] by early [[Printer (publishing)|printer]]s starting in the 15th century.
-The first printer's mark is found in the 1457 [[Mainz Psalter]] by [[Johann Fust]] and [[Peter Schöffer]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=William|title=Printers' Marks, by|year=1893|publisher=London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, & New York.|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25663}}</ref> One of the most well-known old printer's marks is the [[dolphin and anchor]],  first used by the [[Venice|Venetian]] printer [[Aldus Manutius]] as his mark in 1502.<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4WwdMJKXzhEC&pg=PA66 |title=The book: the life story of a technology |author=Nicole Howard |chapter=Printer's Devices}}</ref>
+The first printer's mark is found in the 1457 [[Mainz Psalter]] by [[Johann Fust]] and [[Peter Schöffer]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=William|title=Printers' Marks, by|year=1893|publisher=London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, & New York.|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25663}}</ref> One of the most well-known old printer's marks is the [[dolphin and anchor]],  first used by the [[Venice|Venetian]] printer [[Aldus Manutius]] as his mark in 1502.<ref>{{citation |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WwdMJKXzhEC&pg=PA66 |title=The book: the life story of a technology |author=Nicole Howard |chapter=Printer's Devices|year=2005 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=9780313330285 }}</ref>
-The database Printers' Devices of the Ancient Book Section of the Library of the [[University of Barcelona]], was launched in October of 1998.<ref>University of Barcelona. "Printer's Devices" http://www.bib.ub.edu/fileadmin/impressors/home_eng.htm</ref> The [[University of Florida]] libraries also provide digital access to printers' devices and include The [[University of Chicago]] devices that have appeared  on the cover of their publication ''[[The Library Quarterly]]''. <ref>University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/device.htm</ref>
+The database Printers' Devices of the Ancient Book Section of the Library of the [[University of Barcelona]], was launched in October 1998.<ref>University of Barcelona. "Printer's Devices" https://marques.crai.ub.edu/en/printers/devices {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053802/http://www.bib.ub.edu/fileadmin/impressors/home_eng.htm |date=2013-09-21 }}</ref> The [[University of Florida]] libraries also provide digital access to printers' devices and include The [[University of Chicago]] devices that have appeared on the cover of their publication ''[[The Library Quarterly]]''.<ref>University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/device.htm</ref>
 [[File:La Paga de los Soldados William Faulkner.JPG|thumb|100px|Printer's mark in use in the modern era]]
-"Printers' Devices as Decorative Elements in Library Architecture" is an article with photographs that documents the use of devices as a reflection of the British [[Arts and Crafts Movement]] in libraries such as the Library at the University of Chicago (Luca-Antonio Giunta or Venice); Widener Library, Harvard University( William Caxton, Fust & Schoeffer, [[Aldus Manutius]], Berthold Rembolt); Morrisson-Reeves Library, Richmond, Indiana (William Caxton, [[Aldus Manutius]], Simon Vostre and Christophe Plantin). <ref>Karen Nipps, "Printers' Devices as Decorative Elements in Library Architecture." ''The Library Quarterly'' 83 (July 2013): 271-278.</ref>
+Printers' devices have been incorporated in American library buildings, as a reflection of the British [[Arts and Crafts Movement]].<ref>Karen Nipps, "Printers' Devices as Decorative Elements in Library Architecture." ''The Library Quarterly'' 83 (July 2013): 271-278.</ref>
+From 1931 to 2012 [[Library Quarterly]] featured 328 printer's marks with an article on the history of each mark.<ref>Kettnich, Karen, et al. “History of the Book, Printers’ Marks, and ''Library Quarterly''.” ''The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy'', vol. 85, no. 4, 2015, pp. 345–46.</ref>
 ==See also==
+* [[Bookplate]]
 * [[Colophon (publishing)|Colophon]]
+* [[Factory mark]]
+* [[Merchant's mark]]
 * [[Union label]]
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
+==Publications==
+* Havens, E., Tabb, W., & Sheridan Libraries. (2015). ''Renaissance printers’ devices : essays on the early art of printing & the King Memorial Windows of Johns Hopkins University''. Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University.
 ==External links==
-{{Commons Category|Printer's marks}}
+{{Commons category|Printer's marks}}
+* {{Cite journal |last=Patton |first=Maggie |title=The Printer's Mark |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/printers-mark |journal=Openbook |date=11 July 2022 |issue=Autumn 2022 |pages=76–77}}
 * [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25663/25663-h/25663-h.htm Roberts, W. (1893). Printer's marks: a chapter in the history of typography. London; New York: George Bell & Sons. Project Gutenberg Ebook #25663 Released Jun 1, 2008.]
+* [http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/search/searchterm/printers%2527%20marks/field/all/mode/exact/conn/and/order/nosort/ad/asc Printers' marks] from digitized rare books at the [[Linda Hall Library]]
+*[http://www.bvh.univ-tours.fr/batyr/beta/ Base de Typographie de la Renaissance], a database of circa 1100 marks and thousands of other printed ornaments
+*[https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/richardson/lqcovers.htm Index of ''The Library Quarterly'' covers, 1931 to date]
+* Signa vides. Researching and recording printers‘ devices. Papers presented on 17–18 March 2015 at the CERL Workshop, hosted by the National Library of Austria, Vienna, ed. by M. Scheibe / A. Wolkenhauer, London 2015 (CERL Studies) [https://www.cerl.org/_media/publications/cerl_papers/cerl_papers_xiii.pdf]
+* Typographorum emblemata. The Printer's Mark in the Context of Early Modern Culture, ed by [[:de:Anja Wolkenhauer|Anja Wolkenhauer]] and Bernhard F. Scholz, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/ NY 2018 (Schriftmedien 4) {{ISBN|978-3-11-043919-9}}, an international handbook and bibliography.
 {{Book structure}}
+{{Authority control}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Printer's Mark}}
-[[Category:Printing]]
+[[Category:Book design]]
+[[Category:Printing|Mark]]
 [[Category:Trademarks]]
-{{Publishing-stub}}

v t e Book design
Page layout and typography	Annotation Footnote Gloss Marginal note Scholia Canons of page construction Catchword Column Footer Header Headpiece Illumination Initial Historiated Inhabited Margin Miniature Ornament Page numbering Pull quote Recto and verso Rubric Rubrication Typeface Font
Front and back covers	Anthropodermic bibliopegy Bookbinding Buckram Dust jacket Hardcover Leather Paperback Picture cover Treasure binding
Endpapers	Marbled
Front matter	Half-title bastard title Frontispiece Title page Edition notice Imprimi potest Nihil obstat Imprimatur Dedication Epigraph Table of contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue Printer's mark
Body matter	Body text Chapters Illustrations Parts Sections Tipped-in pages
Back matter	Afterword Conclusion Epilogue Outro Postscript Addendum/Appendix Endnotes Glossary Bibliography Index Errata Colophon Postface Author page
Other elements	Book curse Bookplate ex-librīs Book rhyme Die-cutting Extra-illustration Fore-edge painting Intentionally blank page Pop-ups Slipcase Thumb index