Jean or Jehan Petit, in Latin Johannes Parvus, was a printer, publisher and bookseller in Paris.[1][2] From 1493 to 1530 he printed about one tenth of all publications in Paris, more than ten thousand volumes.
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Petit was one of the four major booksellers at the University of Paris and greatly contributed to the spread of early Renaissance Humanism in Paris. He published a large number of original editions. Among his collaborators were Robert Estienne and Josse Bade. Petit was an example of a prosperous early printer.
Published works
edit- Euangelia Cum Commentariis Reverendissimi Domini Domini Thomae de Vio.
- Gringor, Pierre. Heures de Nostre Dame, c 1527[3]
- Beroaldo, Phillipo. On the Symbols of Pythagorus[4]
- Deguilville. Le romant de trois pelerinaiges[4]
Today his works are held in museums and private collections.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Universite Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle. "Jean Petit" Archived 2014-01-20 at the Wayback Machine, Universite Sorbonne.
- ^ Philippe Renouard (10 November 2011). Imprimeurs parisiens, libraires, fondeurs de caractères et correcteurs d'imprimerie, depuis l'introduction de l'imprimerie a Paris (1470) jusqu'a la fin du XVIe siècle: Leurs adresses, marques, enseignes, dates d'exercice. Notes sur leurs familles, leurs alliances et leur descendance, d'après les renseignements bibliographiques et des documents inédits. Cambridge University Press. pp. 293–. ISBN 978-1-108-03534-7.
- ^ Virginia Reinburg (2 February 2012). French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, C.1400-1600. Cambridge University Press. pp. 251–. ISBN 978-1-107-00721-5.
- ^ a b George Hugo Tucker (1 January 2003). Homo Viator: Itineraries of Exile, Displacement and Writing in Renaissance Europe. Librairie Droz. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-2-600-00857-0.
- ^ "Anonymous France (Paris) 1528; Border and Printer's Mark of Jehan Petit, 1518". Harvard Art Museum.
- ^ Collectif. The Early Editions of the Roman de la Rose. Slatkine. pp. 45–. GGKEY:SARN3HZBPCR.