Jean de Tournes

Jean de Tournes
Device and motto of the printing house of Jean de Tournes, from M. Vitrvvii Pollionis De architectvra libri decem, ad Caes. Avgvstvm, omnibus omnium editionibus longè emendatiores, collatis veteribus exemplis (1586), reprint of the 1552 edition (last leaf, unnumbered).
Born1504
Lyon, France
Died1564
Lyon
NationalityFrench
Other names
  • Jean Detourne
  • Joannes Tornaesius
  • G. de Tournes
Occupation(s)printer, publisher, bookseller
Title-page of the Aeneid of Vergil, translated into French by Louis des Masures, published by Jean de Tournes in 1552

Jean de Tournes (1504–1564) was a French printer, book publisher and bookseller, and the founder of a long-lasting family printing business. From 1559 he was the imprimeur du Roi, printer to the French king.