Jost Kalckhoven

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Jost (Jodocus) Kalckhoven (also Kalcoven , lat. Calcovius ) (* around 1620 in Warstein ; † 1669 or 1670 in Cologne ) was a bookseller and publisher, primarily of counter-Reformation writings.

For a long time, the name Kalckhoven was considered a mere pseudonym of a Dutch printer who sold Catholic articles in Germany. In fact, there is evidence that other publishers used his name. But later it turned out that there was an actual person behind the name.

In 1641 Kalckhoven took over the publishing house and bookstore from Bernhard Wolter in Cologne. In 1647 he acquired full citizenship and became a member of the Schwarzhaus merchants' group . In this he was elected several times to the committee of the "forty-four", from which the members of the council emerged.

Among other things, in 1645 he published the fundamental work by Aegidius Gelenius on the history of Cologne. As a publisher and bookseller, however, he primarily devoted himself to spreading counter-Reformation ideas. Kalckhoven maintained close relationships with the Cologne branch of the Jesuits .

Numerous typographically modest pamphlets were brought onto the market by him. But he also published a number of works by well-known representatives of Counter-Reformation ideas, including: Jakob Balde , Athanasius Kircher and Leo Allatius . In total, the number of known works published by Kalckhoven is 160 titles. These were partly printed in Cologne and partly in Dutch offices .

Since 1646, Kalckhoven had an archbishop's privilege for a publishing house and book trade in Hildesheim .

The signet of his publisher consisted of a hand protruding from a cloud, holding two globes on a scale.

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SURNAME Kalckhoven, Jost
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kalckhoven, Jodocus (alternative spelling); Kalcoven, Jodocus (alternative spelling); Kalcoven, Jost (alternative spelling); Calcovius, Jodocus (Latinized name); Calcovius, Jost (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cologne bookseller and publisher of Counter-Reformation writings
DATE OF BIRTH around 1620
PLACE OF BIRTH Warstein
DATE OF DEATH 1669 or 1670
Place of death Cologne