Gerard Rivius

Gerard Rivius
Occupationprinter
Years active1592–1625
Erahandpress
Notable workMartin Delrio, Disquistiones Magicae (1599-1600)

Gerard van Rivieren, Latinized Gerardus Rivius (active 1592–1625) was a printer in the Southern Netherlands. He was the publisher of Martin Delrio's famous witchcraft treatise Disquistiones Magicae and was at one time suspected of having printed Corona Regia, a satire on James I of England that caused diplomatic ructions.[1] His printer's mark was a winged horse, and his motto "Totum sic irrigat orbem".[2]

  1. ^ E.K. Purnell and A.B. Hinds (eds.), Report on the Manuscripts of the Marquess of Downshire, Preserved at Easthampstead Park, Berks, vol. 5 (Historical Manuscripts Commission 75; London, H.M. Stationery Office, 1924), p. 405.
  2. ^ Auguste De Reume, Variétés bibliographiques et littéraires (Brussels, 1848), p. 91