Cornelis Boutesteyn

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Boutesteijn

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main printer

The STCN lists Cornelis Boutesteyn as a printer from 1679-1712 and a bookseller from 1685-1704 with a shop on the Rapenburg (now #60), across from the the university's Academie building. Leiden city records also note that Boutesteyn and his wife Jannetgen Christiaensz owned other property on the Rapenburg and the Steenschuur upstream on the same gracht.

Between 1685 and 1708, Boutesteyn and after 1704 his widow printed and sold two dozen first editions and reprints of Leeuwenhoek's letters in both Dutch and Latin.

Note on Dobell's #22. Anatomia Seu interiora Rerum.

See the case study on the right: The adventures of Letters 38, 42, and 43.

Year	Dobell #	short title	AvL #
1685	5	Ontledingen en ontdekkingen van de onsigtbare verborgentheden ...	38, 42, 43
	6	Ontdekkingen en ontledingen van sout-figuren ... ende van de voort-telinge ...	44, 45
	7	Ontledingen en ontdekkingen van het begin der planten in de zaden van boomen ...	46, 47
	20	Ontdeckte onsigtbaarheeden. A bundle of pamphlets, the four printed by van Gaesbeeck and the three printed by Boutesteyn in Dutch in 1685.	28-52
	21	Anatomia et contemplatio nonnullorum naturæ invisibilium secretorum ...	43, 42, 38
1686	8	Ontledingen en ontdekkingen van levende dierkens ...	28-31, 34-36
	9	Ontledingen en ontdekkingen van de cinnaber naturalis ...	48-52
1687	10	Vervolg der brieven ... also 20. Werken part II	53-60
	22, 23	Anatomia Seu interiora Rerum, Cum Animatarum tum Inanimarum [sic] ... Thus, the part of 29. Opera Omnia Vol. I that was not printed by Langerak in 1722, see his #23a	28-31, 34-36, 38, 42-52
1688	10a	Vervolg der brieven ... [Second edition]	53-60
1689	24	Continuatio Epistolarum, Datarum Ad longe Celeberrimam Regiam Societatem Londinensem ...	53-60
1691	5a	Ontledingen en ontdekkingen van de onsigtbare verborgentheden ...	38, 42-43
1696	20	Ondekte onsigtbaarheeden. A reprint of the bundle from 1685 containing nine separate pamphlets.	28-52
	2a	37ste. missive, geschreeven aan de heer Cristopher Wren ... vande eyerstok ...	37
	3a	40ste. missive, geschreven aan de heer Francois Aston ... vande schobbens inde mond ...	40
	6a	Ontdekkingen en ontledingen van sout-figuren ... [Second enlarged impression]	44, 46 [!, = 45]
	8a	Ontledingen en ontdekkingen van levende dierkens ... [Second enlarged impression]	28-31, 34-36
	23	Arcana Naturae Ope & beneficio exquisitissimorum Microscopiorum Detecta [Second edition] Different title than 16?? edition.	28-31, 34-36, 38, 42-52
	24a	Continuatio Epistolarum ... [Second edition]	53-60
	25a	*Arcana Naturae Microscopiorum* [in Dobell, the second edition of Arcana Naturae Detecta] The "missing" letters from the earlier editions and an additional thirty.	32, 33, 37, 39, 40, 41, 61-92
1697	7a	Ontledingen en ontdekkingen van het begin der planten in de zaden van boomen ...	46-47
1698	5b	Ontledingen en ontdekkingen van de onsigtbare verborgenheden ...	38, 42-43
1704	10b	Vervolg der brieven ... [Third edition]	53-60
1708	25b	*Arcana Naturae Microscopiorum* [in Dobell, the second edition of Arcana Naturae Detecta]	32, 33, 37, 39, 40, 41, 61-92
	23	Arcana Naturae Ope & beneficio exquisitissimorum Microscopiorum Detecta [Third edition; see Note above.]	28-31, 34-36, 38, 42-52

Marriage

Spouse:

Jannetgen Christiaensz ( - September 15, 1729)

Children:

Cornelis, baptized 14-02-1685

Anna, baptized 24-04-1686

both in the Pieterskerk

They are listed as the parents of another Anna baptized on January 8, 1702.

What happened?

Date	Event
January 1, 1685	Published Onsigtbare Verborgentheden (Invisible Mysteries), Letters 38, 42, 43 (L-152, L-150, L-128)
January 1, 1685	Published Sout-figuren (Salt figures), Letters 44, 45 (L-154, L-157)
January 1, 1685	Published Anatomia et Contemplatio (Anatomy and Contemplation), Letters 43, 42, 38 (L-128, L-150, L-152)
January 1, 1685	Published Zaden van Boomen (Seeds of Trees), Letters 46, 47 (L-160, L-166)
January 1, 1686	Published Levende Dierkens (Living Animals), Letters 28 - 31, 34 - 36
January 1, 1686	Published Cinnaber Naturalis (Natural Cinnabar), Letters 48 - 52
January 1, 1687	Published Anatomia Seu Interiora Rerum (Interior Anatomy), 19 Letters from 28 - 52
January 1, 1687	Published Vervolg der Brieven (Continuation of the Letters), Letters 53 - 60
January 1, 1687	Published Anatomia Seu Interiora Rerum (Interior Anatomy), Letters 43, 42, 38
January 1, 1688	Published Vervolg der Brieven (Continuation of the Letters), Letters 53 - 60 (2nd)
January 1, 1689	Published Continuatio Epistolarum (Continuation of the Letters), Letters 53-60
January 1, 1691	Published Onsigtbare Verborgentheden (Invisible Mysteries), Letters 38, 42, 43 (2nd)
January 1, 1695	Published Register van alle de Werken, Letters 28 - 83
January 1, 1697	Published Zaden van Boomen (Seeds of Trees), Letters 46, 47 (2nd)
January 1, 1698	Published Onsigtbare Verborgentheden (Invisible Mysteries), Letters 38, 42, 43 (3rd)

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Related sources:

Year	Author	Title
1685	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Anatomia et Contemplatio
1685	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Sout-figuren
1685	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Zaden van Boomen
1686	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Cinnaber Naturalis
1686	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Levende Dierkens
1687	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Anatomia Seu Interiora Rerum
1687	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Vervolg der Brieven
1689	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Continuatio Epistolarum

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