The Golden Compasses

The History of the House of Plantin-Moretus

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Appendix 3
Books Bought and Sold in the Year 1609^1.

1. Summary

	Deliveries from Officina	Deliveries to Officina
Southern Netherlands
Antwerp (bookshop)	10,193 fl. 3¼ st.	-
(booksellers)	3,834 fl. 3½ st.	2,594 fl. 1¾ st.
(occasional booksellers)	9,870 fl. 15 st.	137 fl. 5½ st.
	_____	_____
	23,898 fl. l¾ st.	2,731 fl. 7¼ st.
(present-day Belgium and part of present-day Netherlands)	6,317 fl. 1¼ st.	237 fl. 10 st.
(present-day Northern France)	3,836 fl. 15 st.	452 fl. 18½ st.
(private customers)^2.	15,554 fl. 2 st.	-
	_____	_____
Total Southern Netherlands	49,606 fl.	3,421 fl. 15¾ st.

Foreign countries
United Provinces (present-day Netherlands)	3,219 fl. 5½ st.	475 fl. 9½ st.
France	3,813 fl. 15 st.	2,532 fl. 15½ st.
Germany	11,657 fl. 4¾ st.	7,095 fl. 14½ st.
Italy	2,221 fl.	-
Spain and Portugal	1,954 fl. 6½ st.	-
	_____	_____
Total foreign countries	22,865 fl. 11¾ st.	10,103 fl. 19½ st.
Grand total for 1609	72,471 fl. 11¾ st.	13,525 fl. 15¼ st.

1. Compiled on the basis of the 1609 journal (Arch. 216), the cahiers de Francfort (Arch. 1007 a and b; cf. also Appendix 5) and the sales in the shop (Arch. 1074). Here and there the amount for a supply to or by the Officina Plantiniana was not filled in. Only transactions covering small amounts are involved; the important deliveries were always filled in.

2. Of this 9,124 fl. 17 st. were for church institutions or clerics, and 6,429 fl. 5 st. for laymen.

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2. Transactions in the Southern Netherlands

	Deliveries from Officina	Deliveries to Officina
Antwerp
Bookshop	10,193 fl. 3¼ st.	-
Booksellers
G. Bellerus	91 fl. 3½ st.	99 fl. 6 st.
P. Bellerus	205 fl. 11 st.	142 fl. 12 st.
T. Galle	37 fl. 3 st.	9 st.
G. Janssens	147 fl. 11½ st.	132 fl. 12 st.
J. van Keerbergen	2,093 fl. 18 st.	282 fl. 10 st.
M. Nutius	603 fl. 2 st.	1,537 fl. 5 st.
P. Phalesius	13 fl. 2 st.	16 fl. 5 st.
G. Sulsenius	73 fl. 5 st.	29 fl. 19 st.
P. van Tongeren	2 fl. 19 st.	-
J. Trognesius	217 fl. 16½ st.	167 fl. 12¼ st.
H. Verdussen	269 fl. 7½ st.	107 fl. 14½ st.
C. Verschuren	24 fl. 10½ st.	-
J.B. Vrients	54 fl. 14 st.	28 fl.
A. Coninx	-	15 fl. 11 st.
A. Huybrecht	-	12 st.
M. Huyssens	-	17 st.
J. de Jode	-	13 fl. 17 st.
D. Vervliet	-	7 fl. 10 st.
G. van Wolsschaten	-	4 fl.
P. van Wolsschaten	-	7 fl. 10 st.
	_____	_____
Total Antwerp booksellers	3,834 fl. 3½ st.	2,594 fl. 1¾ st.
Occasional booksellers
Celidon	141 fl. 3 st.	-
P. Curs	196 fl. 10 st.	-
G. Deegbroot	1,744 fl. 1 st.	-
E. Dias	1,560 fl. 8 st.	-
E. Frances	154 fl. 8 st.	-
B. Gomez	236 fl. 9½ st.	7 fl. 12½ st.
F. Helman	101 fl. 8 st.	-
H.A. de Herrera	634 fl. l st.	-
F. van Laer	1,844 fl. 11 st.	-
	_____	_____
To be brought forward	6,612 fl. 19½ st.	7 fl. 12½ st.

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(Occasional booksellers)	Deliveries from Officina	Deliveries to Officina
Brought forward	6,612 fl. 19½ st.	7 fl. 12½ st.
D. Pardo Lopez	2,362 fl. 7 st.	-
S. Monelia	602 fl. 5 st.	-
E. Perera	109 fl.	-
E. Ximenes	59 fl. 3½ st.	-
L. Zapate	125 fl.	-
Capucins Antwerp	-	60 fl.
D. Mertens	-	1 fl. 13 st.
Bought on the ‘old market’	-	68 fl.
	_____	_____
Total occasional booksellers	9,870 fl. 15 st.	137 fl. 5½ st.
	_____	_____
(Bookshop)	10,193 fl. 3¼ st.	-
(Regular booksellers)	3,834 fl. 3½ st.	2,594 fl. 1¾ st.
	_____	_____
Total Antwerp	23,898 fl. 1¾ st.	2,731 fl. 7¼ st.

Southern Netherlands (except Antwerp)^1.
Bois-le-Duc*
D. Lambrechts	8 fl.	-
J. Scheffer the Elder	401 fl. 3 st.	16 fl. 15 st.
J. Scheffer the Younger	158 fl. 2½ st.	3 fl. 17½ st.
	_____	_____
	567 fl. 5½ st.	20 fl. 12½ st.
Bruges
Widow A. Tollenaere	141 fl.	2 fl.
J. Vinx	325 fl. 15 st.	-
	_____	_____
	466 fl. 15 st.	2 fl.
Brussels
J. Mommaert	157 fl. 2½ st.	31 fl. 8½ st.
J. Reyns	31 fl. 3 st.	-
P. Simons	23 fl. 4 st.	-
J. Thymont	18 fl. 13 st.	-
R. Velpius	290 fl. 5 st.	65 fl. 8 st.
	_____	_____
	520 fl. 7½ st.	96 fl. 16½ st.
	_____	_____
To be brought forward	1,554 fl. 8 st.	119 fl. 9 st.

1. In the Southern Netherlands are included the towns marked with an asterisk, which at that time were in Spanish hands but were later conquered by the United Provinces (the Northern Netherlands).

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(Southern Netherlands)	Deliveries from Officina	Deliveries to Officina
Brought forward	1,554 fl. 8 st.	119 fl. 9 st.
Courtrai
J. Mahieu	22 fl. 18 st.	-
Ghent
H. van de Kerckhove	20 fl. 8 st.	-
J. van de Kerckhove	91 fl. 16½ st.	8 fl. 7 st.
Widow J. van de Kerckhove	38 fl. 6½ st.	-
J. van Salenson	180 fl. 18 st.	1 fl. 16 st.
J. van den Steen	6 fl.	-
	_____	_____
	337 fl. 9 st.	10 fl. 3 st.
Liège
L. de la Coste	158 fl. 2½ st.	-
N. Engilbert	39 fl. 11½ st.	-
G. Hovius	120 fl. 17 st.	-
H. Hovius	24 fl. 5 st.	12 fl. 12 st.
J. Wabbels	174 fl. 4½ st.	-
	_____	_____
	517 fl.½ st.	12 fl. 12 st.
Louvain
Widow F. van Hougaerden (Elizabeth Velpius)	115 fl. ½ st.	-
J.Maes	499 fl. 13 st.	80 fl. 3 st.
G. Rivius	5 fl. 8 st.	6 fl. 3 st.
A. Sassenius	1,032 fl. 11 st.	-
Ph. Zangrius	290 fl. 9 st.	-
	_____	_____
	1,943 fl. 1½ st.	86 fl. 6 st.
Maastricht*
H. van Pamelen	18 fl. 8 st.	-
G. Zevenzielen	144 fl. 11 st.	9 fl.
	_____	_____
	162 fl. 19 st.	9 fl.
Malines
J. van Campenhault	10 fl. 17½ st.	-
	_____	_____
To be brought forward	4,548 fl. 13½ st.	237 fl. 10 st.

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(Southern Netherlands)	Deliveries from Officina	Deliveries to Officina
Brought forward	4,548 fl. 13½ st.	237 fl. 10 st.
Mons
G. Blaise	29 fl. 1 st.	-
A. Fenain	89 fl. 18½ st.	-
C. Michel	88 fl. 5½ st.	-
G. Michel	64 fl. 7 st.	-
G. van de Wervel	161 fl. 11 st.	-
	_____
	433 fl. 3 st.	-
Namur
J. Valentin	258 fl. 2 st.	-
F.Vivien	152 fl. 14 st.	-
	_____
	410 fl. 16 st.	-
Roermond*
J. Hompes	142 fl. 4 st.	-
Tournai
N. Laurent	777 fl. 18¾ st.	-
Ypres
S. Couweel	4 fl. 6 st.	-
	_____	_____
Total Southern Netherlands, except Antwerp (present-day Belgium, and part of Netherlands)	6,317 fl. 1¼ st.	237 fl. 10 st.

Present-day Northern France
Arras
R. Maudhuy	63 fl. 16½ st.	24 fl. 3 st.
G. de la Rivière	254 fl. 2½ st.	25 fl. 16 st.
J. de la Rivière	558 fl. 15 st.	6 fl. 12 st.
	_____	_____
	876 fl. 14 st.	56 fl. 11 st.
Bergues Saint-Winnoc
J. Sleutel	42 fl. 7½ st.	-
Béthune
G. Utens	97 fl. 9½ st.	-
Cambrai
G. Robat	265 fl. 1½ st.	-
	_____	_____
To be brought forward	1,281 fl. 12½ st.	56 fl. 11 st.

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(Northern France)	Deliveries from Officina	Deliveries to Officina
Brought forward	1,281 fl. 12½ st.	56 fl. 11 st.
Douai
B. Bellerus	586 fl. 10 st.	253 fl. 10 st.
J. Bogaerde	250 fl. 10 st.	74 fl. 7½ st.
P. Borremans	418 fl. 2½ st.	17 fl. 4 st.
G. Pinchon	43 fl. 5½ st.	-
T. Pinsard	13 fl.	-
	_____	_____
	1,311 fl. 8 st.	345 fl. 1½ st.
Lille
M. Dey	13 fl. 1 st.	-
M. Doom	25 fl. 18½ st.	-
J. Dupuich	143 fl. 4½ st.	-
P. de la Rache	49 fl. 1 st.	-
	_____
	231 fl. 5 st.	-
Saint-Omer
A. Crabbe	680 fl. 11½ st.	41 fl. 2 st.
J. Foulere	152 fl. 8 st.	-
	_____	_____
	832 fl. 19½ st.	41 fl. 2 st.
Valenciennes
J. Vervliet	179 fl. 10 st.	10 fl. 4 st.
	_____	_____
Total present-day Northern France	3,836 fl. 15 st.	452 fl. 18½ st.

3. Transactions in foreign countries

United Provinces (Netherlands)^1.
Amsterdam
B. Adriaensen	507 fl. 12½ st.	157 fl. 16 st.
R. Antonissen	22 fl. 10 st.	-
C. Claessens	30 fl. 13½ st.	35 fl. 8 st.
P. Claessens	1,620 fl. 12 st.	-
J. Peetersen Paedts	95 fl. 13½ st.	-
	_____	_____
To be brought forward	2,277 fl. 1 st.	193 fl. 4 st.

1. For the territory of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands should be added the towns marked with an asterisk in the table for the Southern Netherlands (Belgium), which in 1609 still belonged to the Spanish Netherlands.

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(United Provinces)	Deliveries from Officina	Deliveries to Officina
Brought forward	2,277 fl. 1 st.	193 fl. 4 st.
Delft
W. Willemsen	83 fl.	-
Dordrecht
P. Jansen	11 fl. 18 st.	8 fl. 8 st.
Goes
A. Feyt	55 fl. 7½ st.	-
Middelburg
S. Moulaert	155 fl. 16 st.	44 fl.
Leiden
A. Clerck	75 fl. 15 st.	-
B. & L. Elzevier	26 fl. 9 st.	-
G. Elzevier	-	30 fl. 5 st.
G. Janssens Orler	99 fl. 10 st.	-
F. Raphelengius	296 fl. 12½ st.	199 fl. 12½ st.
	_____	_____
	498 fl. 6½ st.	229 fl. 17½ st.
Rotterdam
J. van Waesberghe	137 fl. 16½ st.	-
	_____	_____
Total United Provinces	3,219 fl. 5½ st.	475 fl. 9½ st.

France
Lyons
H. Cardon	1,319 fl. 10 st.	1,144 fl. 5½ st.
Paris
A. Beys	992 fl. 2 st.	808 fl. 7 st.
J. Cotreau	99 fl. 7 st.	79 fl. 4 st.
E. Focault	109 fl.	-
R. Fouet	376 fl. 4 st.	80 fl. 10 st.
Ch. Mallery	35 fl.	7 fl. 10 st.
M. Sonnius	699 fl. 2 st.	412 fl. 19 st.
	_____	_____
	2,310 fl. 15 st.	1,388 fl. 10 st.
Toul (Pont à Mousson)^1.
S. Martel	183 fl. 10 st.	-
	_____	_____
Total France	3,813 fl. 15 st.	2,532 fl. 15½ st.

1. The residence of S. Martel is once given as Toul, and once as Pont-à-Mousson.

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	Deliveries from Officina	Deliveries to Officina
Germany
Cologne
C. Butgenius	-	18 fl. 9½ st.
P. Cholinus	-	16 fl. 5 st.
J. Critz	105 fl. 13½ st.	51 fl. 7½ st.
G. Grevenbroeck	-	9 fl. 19½ st.
B. Gualtheri	278 fl. 17 st.	60 fl. 3 st.
J. Gymnicus	-	64 fl. 5 st.
G. Gyze	11 fl. 19 st.	-
P. Hemmingius	42 fl. 4 st.	-
A. Hierat	273 fl. 6 st.	288 fl. 4 st.
N. Hierat	292 fl. 7 st.	-
J. Kinckes	20 fl. 18 st.	4 fl. 10 st.
G. Lutzenkirchen	-	3 fl. 16 st.
G. Muytincx	-	32 fl.
H. Mylius	474 fl. 19 st.	471 fl. 9½ st.
A. Quentelinus	171 fl. 17¾ st.	45 fl. 8½ st.
B. Wolters	138 fl. 5 st.	-
	_____	_____
	1,810 fl. 6¼ st.	1,065 fl. 17½ st.
Danzig
P. Claessens	347 fl. 3 st.	-
Emmerich
E. Wessel	92 fl. 16½ st.	-
Frankfurt
Messe^1.	9,406 fl. 19 st.	6,029 fl. 17 st.
	_____	_____
Total Germany	11,657 fl. 4¾ st.	7,095 fl. 14½ st.

Italy
Naples
J. Ruart	1,614 fl. 6 st.	-
Rome
G. Vivario (Van den Wouvere)	606 fl. 14 st.	-
	_____
Total Italy	2,221 fl.	-

1. Actual sales figures.

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	Deliveries from Officina	Deliveries to Officina
Spain & Portugal
Lisbon
D. Lobo^1.	22 fl. 9 st.	-
Madrid
Diodat	328 fl. 5 st.	-
J. Hertroy	1,603 fl. 12½ st.	-
	_____
	1,931 fl. 17½ st.	-
	_____
Total Iberian Peninsula	1,954 fl. 6½ st.	-

1. Musician, who had his works printed in the Officina Plantiniana at his own cost, and also had other publications sent directly to him.