Background
He was the son of Jean de Tournes (1539 – 1615) and grandson of Jean de Tournes (1504 – 1564). He was the son-in-law of Samuel Crespin.
He was the son of Jean de Tournes (1539 – 1615) and grandson of Jean de Tournes (1504 – 1564). He was the son-in-law of Samuel Crespin.
Jean de Tournes was born in Geneva in 1593. He took over his father"s printing and publishing business in 1615. In 1619 he sold his house at the sign of the Deux Vipères in rue Raisin, Lyon, to the printer and bookseller Guichard Julliéron.
He died in 1669.
The emblem of the de Tournes press was two entwined vipers. Their mottoes included Quod tibi fieri non vis, alteri ne feceris and Virum de mille unum reperi.
