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[[Image:Observationvm medicarvm Nicolaes Tulp 1641.JPG|thumb|right|250px|<br />Title page from Prof. [[Nicolaes Tulp]]'s book called [[Observationes Medicae (Tulp)|Observacionum Medicarum]], published by ''Ludovicum Elzevirium'', 1641]]
'''Lodewijk Elzevir''' (c. 1540, [[Leuven]] — 4 February 1617, [[Leiden]]), originally ''Lodewijk or Louis Elsevier or Elzevier'', was a printer, born in the city of [[Leuven]] (today in Belgium, then part of the Habsburg Netherlands or [[Spanish Netherlands]]). He was the founder of the [[House of Elzevir]], which printed, for example, the work of [[Galileo]], at a time when his work was suppressed for religious reasons. Although the House of Elzevir ceased publishing in 1712, the modern Dutch [[Elsevier]] company was founded in 1880 and took its name from the historic Dutch publishing house.

==Biography==
Elzevir, son of ''Hans Helschevier'', was born in [[Leuven]] and started his career as a bookbinder at the [[Plantin Press|printing shop]] of [[Christoffel Plantijn]] in [[Antwerp]]. In 1563 he married Maijke de Verdeijen Verbois in Antwerp, where his first two sons were born. He moved to [[Wesel]] before 1570, to [[Douai]] before 1575 and settled in [[Leiden]] before 1580.

He produced his first book at Leiden in 1583 and under his descendants the business continued until 1791. The printing house was instrumental in the publication of important work in [[science]]. Atypical of other printers of the era, Elzevir books focused on sturdiness rather than elegance and legibility over ornate characters. His books were usually smaller with narrow margins. [[Christopher van Dyck]] was one of the type designers. Most of the work was published in Latin.

His oldest son Matthijs and his sixth son [[Bonaventure Elzevir]] and his grandsons [[Abraham Elzevir|Abraham]] and [[Isaac Elzevir]] continued and expanded the business.

==External links==
*[http://gw.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=lexkusters&lang=en;p=louis;n=elsevier;oc=1 Genealogy at geneanet.org]

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