Career
Vidoue succeeded Pierre Viart as one of the libraires jurés of the University of Paris in 1523. In 1524 he became one of the gouverneurs of the Parisian book trade"s social and religious guild, the confrérie of Street John the Evangelist. His address and shop sign were at various dates:
Au Petit pont, in intersignio Cathedræ (on the Petit Pont, at the sign of the Chair).
1516
Rue Perdue près la place Maubert.
1519 and 1528
Au mont Saint-Hilaire / En la rue des Amandiers / Devant le collège de Reims. From 1531
His motto was Par sit Fortuna Labori (May good fortune be equal to my hard work).
Several of his printer"s devices included the figure of Fortune. They are illustrated in Renouard"s Les Marques typographiques parisiennes des XVe et XVIe siècles:
Renouard 1096
Renouard 1097
Renouard 1098
Renouard 1099
Renouard 1100
Renouard 1101.
