| LC control no. | no2020096578 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lescailje, Katharina, 1649-1711 |
| Variant(s) | Lescailje, Katheryne, 1649-1711 Lescailje, Katharyne, 1649-1711 Lescailje, Kataryne, 1649-1711 Lescailje, Katryne, 1649-1711 Lescailje, Katharijne, 1649-1711 Lescailje, Katherijne, 1649-1711 Lescailje, Katrijn, 1649-1711 Lescailje, Catharina, 1649-1711 Lescaille, Katharina, 1649-1711 Lescaille, Katheryne, 1649-1711 Lescaille, Catharina, 1649-1711 Lescaille, Cataryne, 1649-1711 Lescailje, K. (Katharina), 1649-1711 |
| See also | Lescailje, Jacob, 1611-1679 Friend: Blasius, Joan, 1639-1672 Rank, Dirk, approximately 1684-1736 Founded corporate body of person: Erven Jacob Lescailje Officer of: Erven Jacob Lescailje |
| Biography/History note | Katharina Lescailje (1649-1711) was a Dutch poet, translator, and bookseller. A daughter and heir of Amsterdam bookseller and printer Jacob Lescailje (1611-1679), she and her sister Aletta Lescailje (1652-1725) continued his business as Erven Jacob Lescailje, with assistance from Matthias de Wreedt, widower of their sister Barbara. Her collected works were published postumously, in 1731. Erven Jacob Lescaile specialized in plays, retaining the privilege as exclusive printer for the Amsterdamse Schouwburg. Upon the death of Matthias de Wreedt, his daughter Susanna (1677-1729) inherited Barbara's share and joined her aunts. Katharina Lescailje died in 1711. After Dirk Rank (approximately 1684-1736) married Susanna, in 1712, he joined the business, and he is sometimes identified as Katharina's successor. |
| Associated country | Netherlands United Provinces of the Netherlands |
| Located | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| Birth date | 1649-09-26 |
| Death date | 1711-06-08 |
| Place of birth | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| Place of death | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| Field of activity | Poetry Drama Translating and interpreting Booksellers and bookselling Poetry Translation (function) Bookselling |
| Affiliation | Amsterdamse Schouwburg Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Playwrights Translators Booksellers and bookselling Poets Translators Booksellers |
| Found in | Lescailje, Katharina. De mengelpoëzy van Katheryne Lescailje, 1731, viewed online 10 August 2020: 1. deel, title page (Katheryne Lescailje; Te Amsteldam, by de Erfgenaamen van J. Lescailje en D. Rank, op de Beurssluis. MDCCXXXI) 1. deel, half-title page (K. Lescailjes Toneel- en mengelpoëzy) <http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/21176> OCLC, 10 August, 2020 (access points: Lescailje, Katharina, 1649-1711, Lescailje, Katharina, Lescailje, Katharijne, 1649-1711, Lescailje, Katharijne, Lescailje, Katherijne, approximately 1649-1711, Lescailje, Katharyne, Lescailje, Kataryne, 1649?-1711, Lescailje, Katryne, 1649-1711, Lescailje, Katrijn, Lescailje, K., Lescailje, Catharina, 1649-1711, Lescaille, Katheryne, Lescaille, Cataryne; usages: Kataryne Lescailje, Katharina Lescailje, Katharyne Lescailje, Katryne Lescailje, K. Lescailjes ..., Cataryne Lescaille) VIAF, 10 August 2020 (authorized access points in VIAF cluster: Lescailje, Katharina, 1649-1711, Lescailje, Catharina, 1649-1711, Lescailje, Kataryne 1649-1711, Katharina Lescailje Nederlands dichteres (1649-1711) (Wikidata); VIAF ID: 9906337 (Personal)) <http://viaf.org/viaf/9906337> ECARTICO, 10 August 2020: Katharina Lescailje (Katharina Lescailje; name variants: Lescaille; gender: female; born: Amsterdam, 1649-09-26; died: Amsterdam, 1711-06-08; father: Jacob Lescaille (1611-1679); occupation(s): poet, translator, bookseller (1679-1711); occupational address: Amsterdam (1679-1711); business relations: predecessor in business of: Dirk Rank, 1711-1736; successor in business of Jacob Lescaille, 1679-1711; friendship: contributed to the album amicorum of Joan Leonardsz Blasius) <http://www.vondel.humanities.uva.nl/ecartico/persons/20712> Eeghen, Isabella Henriette van. De Amsterdamse boekhandel 1680-1725, 1960-1978, viewed online 10 August 2020 in DBNL: volume 3, page 24 (after 1679 death of printer and bookseller Jacob Lescaille, the daughter from his second marriage, the poetess Catharina Lescaille, continued the book business (not his son Anthony Lescaille, who had ended up at Desolate Boedelskamer at the beginning of 1679 (based on book trade inventory of 18 and 19-1-1679); after her death in 1711, Dirk Rank, who in 1712 married Susanna Lescailje de Wreedt, a niece (sister's daughter) of Catharina, took over the business and continued it until his death (buried in Zuiderkerk 31-8-1736); detailed information about his book business in his will of 25-6-1736, codicil of 1-7-1736, inventory of his estate of 20-10-1736 (with printed catalogs 25-10-1736) by notary Maten (N.A. 9364-9366)) <https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/eegh004amst04_01/eegh004amst04_01_0010.php> Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland, viewed online 10 August 2020 (Lescailje, Katharina (1649-1711); poetess, translator, and bookseller; daughter of Jacob Lescailje (1611-1679), bookseller and poet; 2 sisters, Barbara and Aletta, and 2 half-brothers, Anthonie and Johannes; in 1670s, Anthonie established self as bookseller, and Johannes van Dorsten worked for Blaeu family; untimely death of Johannes during a trip to Frankfurt for Blaeu and bankruptcy of Anthonie made Jacob Lescailje decide to leave the company to his daughters; with his death, Katharina Lescailje and her 2 sisters became "de erfgenamen van Jacob Lescailje," under which name they subsequently published; after deaths of Barbara Lescailje (around 1680) and her husband Matthias de Wreedt (before 1690), their daughter Susanna inherited a portion of the book business; after death of her father, she moved in with her aunts Katharina and Aletta; together, they ran a bookshop that was reasonably successful, above all due to guaranteed stream of orders from Amsterdamse Schouwburg; company continued to exist until 1736; from 1712, it carried name "de erfgenamen van J. Lescailje en D. Rank"; the latter the husband of Susanna Lescailje de Wreden; until 1729, when the privilege of Amsterdamse Schouwburg went to another printer, the shop on the Middeldam remained an important meeting place of Amsterdam theater world) <http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/KatharinaLescailje> Wikipedia, 10 August 2020 (Katharyne Lescailje or Catharina Lescaille (September 26, 1649 in Amsterdam-June 8, 1711); Dutch poet, translator, and publisher; daughter of Amsterdam publisher Jacob Lescailje, who moved from Dordrecht to Amsterdam to start printing books in 1645 in house on Dam Square called "Huis onder het zeil" (House under sail); 1658, Jacob Lescailje became the exclusive publisher for Amsterdam Theatre; Katharina, who never married, and her sisters continued his business after he died in 1677; started publishing her own translations of French plays (Kassandra in 1684, Genserik in 1685, and Herodes en Marianne in 1685), wrote and exchanged poems among friends; specialized in political poems, wrote several light comedies played in Amsterdam throughout 18th century; 20 years after death, in 1731, her collected works were published (one of 1st female poets in Netherlands with own collected works); poetry: 3 large volumes of nearly 1000 pages, reprinted some years later; her sister Barbara married German bookbinder Matthias de Wreedt, who helped with the business and who left their share to their daughter Susanna, who married Dirk Rank and added his name to the printing label in 1712; by 1731, the fortunes of the publisher were waning, and they lost their privilege to print the texts for the Schouwburg) <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katharyne_Lescailje&oldid=895580740> Wikipedia, die vrije encyclopedie, 12 August 2020 (Katharyne Lescailje; name today spelled Katharina Lescailje; Dutch poetess, translator, publisher, and bookseller; lived in Middeldam (today's Dam); sisters Barbara (1647-1677) and Aletta (1652-1725); Barbara's daughter Susanna (1677-1729); throughout Katharyne Lescailje's lifetime, she was closely involved with a large number of Amsterdam printers and booksellers; was at center of literary life of her time, maintained contacts with many (female) poets and writers; was in the circles of the theater world, familiar with various actors, playwrights, and theater regulars; a number of plays by Amsterdam art society Nil Volentibus Arduum were published by "erven van Lescaille"; the tragedies she translated were performed in Amsterdamse Schouwburg; died 8 June 1711, buried 13 June 1711 in Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam; in 1712, Susanna's husband, Dirk Rank, joined the business; they continued it under name "de erfgenamen van J. Lescailje en D. Rank"; in 1724, a year before her death, Aletta donated her share of the business to Susanna; in 1729, the business lost the rights to printing plays of Amsterdamse Schouwburg; bookshop continued to exist until 1736, year in which Dirk Rank died) <https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katharyne_Lescailje&oldid=56603544> Wikidata, 10 August 2020 (Katharyne Lescailje (Q609786); description: Dutch writer; sex or gender: female; country of citizenship: Netherlands; given name: Katharina; date of birth: 26 September 1649, Gregorian; place of birth: Amsterdam; date of death: 8 June 1711, Gregorian; place of death: Amsterdam; father: Jacob Lescaille; native language, languages spoken, written, or signed: Dutch; occupation: poet, translator, writer, playwright, publisher; field of work: poetry; Commons category: Katharina Lescailje) <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q609786> Alewijn, Abraham. Jan Los, of, Den bedroogen Oostindies vaêr, 1721: title page (Te Amsterdam, By de Erven van J. Lescailje en Dirk Rank, op de Beurssluis. 1721) ECARTICO, 10 August 2020: Dirk Rank (Dirk Rank; gender: male; born: Dordrecht, circa 1684; died: Amsterdam; buried 1736-08-31; occupation(s): publisher (1711-1732), bookseller (1711-1736); marriage: Susanna Lescalje de Wreet (1677-1729), Amsterdam 1712-04-01; occupational address: Amsterdam (1712-1736); business relations: successor in business of Katharina Lescailje, alias Lescaille, 1711-1736; friendship: witnessed baptism of Quireijn Schouten, 1711-01-11) <http://www.vondel.humanities.uva.nl/ecartico/persons/39051> |
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