Jean de Tournes

For other people named Jean de Tournes, see Jean de Tournes (disambiguation).

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 (1504)
Lyon, France
Died1564 (aged 59–60)
Lyon
Other names
  • Jean Detourne
  • Joannes Tornaesius
  • G. de Tournes
Occupationsprinter, publisher, bookseller

Jean de Tournes (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ də tuʁn]; 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.

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