Jan Jacobsz. Schipper
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| birth_name = Jan Jacobsz. Dommekracht
| birth_date = 1616
| birth_place = Amsterdam
| death_date = 1669
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| other_names = J.J. Schipper
| occupation = Bookseller, printer, poet
| years_active = 1636-1669
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Jan Jacobsz. Schipper (1616-1669) was a bookseller, printer, and theatre poet in Amsterdam.
Personal life
Schipper was born to Jacob Claesz. and Neeltje Leyen in Amsterdam. The surname Schipper is in fact a pseudonym derived from his father’s work as a skipper, and his actual surname is Dommekracht, or Dommescracht.P.J. Blok en P.C. Molhuysen, F.K.H. Kossmann, Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW), Leiden 1911-1937, pp.1286-1287
Not much is known about Schipper’s early life, however he was registered to the Amsterdam bookseller’s guild on 28 October 1636, and married Suzanna Veselaers on 27 August 1650.P.J. Blok en P.C. Molhuysen, F.K.H. Kossmann, Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW), Leiden 1911-1937, pp.1286-1287 In 1673 his widow started a printing house with Joseph Athias.[https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/eegh004amst05_01/eegh004amst05_01_0050.php De Amsterdamse boekhandel 1680-1725. Deel 4. Gegevens over de vervaardigers, hun internationale relaties en de uitgaven N-W, papierhandel, drukkerijen en boekverkopers in het algemeen(1967)–Isabella Henriëtte van Eeghen]
Work
Schipper was best known as the publisher of Calvin, De Brune, and particularly for Cats’ complete works. He was also an accomplished translator of French prose, and a theatre poet in his own right. His most successful works are two plays about the “incomparable” Ariane, which featured the first woman to perform in Amsterdam theatre, Ariane Nooseman.K. ter Laan, Letterkundig woordenboek voor Noord en Zuid. G.B. van Goor Zonen's Uitgeversmaatschappij, Den Haag / Djakarta 1952 (second print)
Notable works
- Alle de Wercken, Cats 1655, 2nd print 1661
- Onvergelijkelijke Ariane, Schipper 1644 and 1655
- De razende Roelant, Ariosto 1649, tr. Schipper
- De bezadigde Roelant, François de Rosset 1649, tr. Schipper
- Ariane, Jean Desmarets 1621, tr. Schipper
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Category:17th-century printers
Category:Businesspeople from Amsterdam
Category:Writers from Amsterdam