Isaac Commelin
Isaac Commelin (born October 19, 1598 in Amsterdam , † January 13, 1676 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch publisher and bookseller.
Live and act
Isaac Commelin is the son of Jean Commelin (approx. 1548–1615) and his wife Catharina Jansdr Valckenier (approx. 1560–1621). On October 4, 1626 he married Cornelia Bouwer (1607–1641), who later became the mother of the botanist Jan Commelin .
From 1626 he worked as a bookseller and publisher in Leiden . After the death of his wife, he moved with the family to Amsterdam in 1641.
In 1646 he published the work he had compiled Begin Ende Voortgangh, Van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie (German: "Beginning and End of the Dutch East India Company"). It contains contributions by 21 authors and is the most important compilation on the history of the Dutch East India Company . The work is equipped with 230 maps and illustrations.
Other significant compilations that he published were the collection on the history of Princes Wilhelm and Moritz of Orange , published in 1651, and the brief description of Amsterdam published in 1665 under the title Beschriyvinge van Amsterdam.
Isaac Commelin was a distinguished citizen of Amsterdam. In 1647 he became head of the Nieuwe Zijds Huiszittenhuis and in 1655 head of the Sint Pietergasthuis in Amsterdam.
Published works (selection)
- Begin ende voortgangh van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie: Vervatende de voornaemste reysen, by de inwoonderen der selver provincien derwaerts ... (Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1646 - 2 volumes)
- Wilhelm En Maurits van Nassau, Princen van Orangien, Haer Leven en Bedrijf, Of 't Begin en Voortgang der Nederlandsche Oorlogen: Vervatende een Vaerachtigh Verhael all pegs end Victorien, Daer de Ho. Mog. Heeren Staten der Vereenighde Nederlanden, or hun wijse Regeeringe te Water en te Lande, by Godes show mede verrijckt zijn; Decorated with various cooperative figures; En door een delivery hebber der Historien uyt various writings te samen ghestelt (Amsterdam, 1651)
- Beschriyvinge van Amsterdam, hair first oorspronk uyt den huyze der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant; met en verhaal van hair leven en dappere krijgsdaden. Uyt verscheyde oude en nieuwe Hollandtsche kronijcken, beschrijvingen, letters, willekeuren, etc. by een vergadert . (Amsterdam, M. Wz.Doornick, 1665)
literature
- JG Frederiks, F. Jos. van den Branden: Biographical woordenboek of Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde . Amsterdam, 1888-1891, dbnl.org
Web links
- portrait
- Works in the catalog of the SUB Göttingen
- Illustration from Het Historiael Journal van de Voyagie naar de Oost (1645) ( Memento of March 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- Images from Begin ende voortgangh van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie
Individual evidence
- ↑ Isaac Commelin ( Memento of the original dated August 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Commelin, Isaac |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch publisher and bookseller |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1598 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1676 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |