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Printer's mark

Symbol used as a trademark by printers

Symbol used as a trademark by printers

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. 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.

The Library of the University of Barcelona launched a database of Printers' Devices in the ancient book section in October 1998. 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.

Printer's mark in use in the modern era

Printers' devices have been incorporated in American library buildings, reflecting the British Arts and Crafts Movement.

From 1931 to 2012, Library Quarterly featured 328 printers' marks with an article on the history of each mark.

References

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.

References

  1. Roberts, William. (1893). "Printers' Marks, by". London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, & New York..
  2. Nicole Howard. (2005). "The book: the life story of a technology". Bloomsbury Academic.
  3. University of Barcelona. "Printer's Devices" https://marques.crai.ub.edu/en/printers/devices {{Webarchive. link. (2013-09-21)
  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. (October 2015). "History of the Book, Printers’ Marks, and Library Quarterly". [[University of Chicago Press]].
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