Rutger Velpius

Rutger Velpius
Rutger Van Velpen
Bornaround 1540
Died1614 or 1615
Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
CitizenshipCity of Brussels (from 1586)
Occupation(s)printer and bookseller
Years active1564–1614
Erahandpress
Organization(s)University of Leuven
City of Mons
Brussels Court
SpouseCatherine Waen
ChildrenCatherine Velpius
ParentRenier Velpius
Printer's device of Rutger Velpius as used in Placcaet ende ordinancie vande eertzhertoghen [...] waerby wort ordre ghestelt, tot [...] onderhoudinghe van zekere poincten ende articulen, ghesloten ende ghearresteert in het synode prouinciael van Mechelen [...] junius ende julius, sesthien hondert seuen [Ordinance] (august 31th 1608), Stadsarchief Mechelen M.01574(a)/B (f. B4 verso).

Rutger Velpius (around 1540–1614/15) was a 16th- and 17th-century printer and bookseller. He was the first printer in the city of Mons, and later became printer to the court in Brussels. His career coincided closely with the first decades of the Dutch Revolt