16th Century

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Van den Keere Hondius, Colette (1568-1629).  Jodocus I Hondius (1563-1612) worked in Amsterdam from 1602 to 1611 with his wife Colette, the daughter of Pieter Van den Keere (1571-1646).  After his death, Colette took over the shop with their children Jodocus II  Hondius (1594-1629) and Hendrik I (1573-1650/51) Hondius from at least 1612-1615.

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Moretus, Martina Plantin (1550-1616) was the daughter of printer Christophe Plantin (c. 1520-1589) and his wife, Joanna Riviere (d. 1596).  She worked in the print shop with her first husband Jan I Moretus (1543-1610) from 1550, taking over the firm after his death until her sons were of age in 1516.  She occasionally partnered with Zacharias Heyns (c. 1566-c. 1638) in Amsterdam and Zwolle. 

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17th Century

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Elzevier, Daniel, wife, and widow of (life dates unknown; fl. 1681-?). Daniel Elzevier (1626-1680) worked in Amsterdam. His wife's name is unknown. As his widow, she took over the press in 1681. He had inherited the shop from his father, Bonaventura Elzevier (dates unknown).​

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Jansson, Elizabeth Hondius (d. 1627) was the daughter of Jodocus I Hondius (1593-1629).  In 1612, she married Jan I Jansson (1588-1664).  She worked as an editor and printed atlases with Jansson.  They worked with her brother Hendrik I Hondius (1573-1650/51) and with Hendrik’s mother Colette van den Keere Hondius (1568-1629), the daughter of Pieter (1571-1646).  Her daughter Elizabeth married Johannes II Janssonius van Waesberghe

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Moretus, Martina Plantin (1550-1616) was the daughter of printer Christophe Plantin (c. 1520-1589) and his wife, Joanna Riviere.  She worked in the print shop with her first husband Jan I Moretus (1543-1610) from 1550, taking over the firm after his death until her sons were of age in 1516.  She occasionally partnered with Zacharias Heyns (c. 1566-c. 1638) in Amsterdam and Zwolle. 

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Schipper, Widow of Jan Jacobsz (name and life dates unknown).  Jan Jacobsz Schipper worked in Amsterdam with Lodewijk Elzevier III and Daniel Elzevier from 1639-1670. Schipper’s wife worked with him.

Veris Boom, Johanna  (fl. 1664-1707).  Hendrick Boom (fl. 1657-1709) worked in Amsterdam with his sister-in-law Johanna Veris and his mother Aegje Weyers (d. 1679). Johanna was the widow of Dirk Boom (1645-80), Hendrick’s older brother.  Together, they printed as Hendrik Boom en de Weduwe van Dirk Boom (at least 1664-69 and 1681-1707). His son succeeded Hendrick in the enterprise Héritiers de Hendrick Boom.  Hendrick worked with Pierre I Mortier and Henri Desbordes in Amsterdam; Willem I van de Water in Utrecht; and Adriaen I Moetjens in the Hague. Dirk and Johanna had two children: Dirk II Boom (fl. 1739-68) and Jan Boom (1676-1744). 

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Vermeulen Blaeu, Geertruid  (c. 1610-1676) was the daughter of Peter Dammisz Vermeulen (b. c. 1580) and Lijsbeth van der Giessen (b. c.1588). She was married to Jan I Blaeu (1596-1673), son of Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638) and brother and partner of Cornelis Blaeu (fl. 1635-1648). Jan also printed as a member of Typographia Blaviana. Jan and Geertruid’s children were Willem (1635-1701), Pieter (1637-1706), and Jan II (1650-1712), who continued the Typographia Blaviana. Jan trained Johannes van Ravensteyn (fl. 1645-75) and worked with the widow of Alex Harttung from 1667 to 1673.

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Weyerstraet, Sara Jansson  (fl. 1644-1669) was the daughter of Jodocus Jansson, niece of Jan I Jansson van Waesberge (d. 1681), and the wife and widow of Elizei Weyerstraet (1633?-1666). She married her husband in 1663 and took over the shop after he died in 1666, working as a bookseller and printer until 1669. Their children were Johannes II Janssonius van Waesberghe (who married Elizabeth Jansson, the daughter of printer Jan I Jansson [1588-1664]). Elizei Weyerstraet was the nephew of Jan Jansson van Waesberge by marriage. Sara also entered a partnership with her uncle at the point of her marriage.

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18th Century

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Brians, Marianne  (1693-?) was the wife of Zacharias II Chatelain (1690-1754),  and they worked together.  Zacharias also worked with with Jean Malherbe (1700-1701). He also printed as a member of "Zacharias Chatelain et fils" and of "Frères Chatelain."  Henri Jedis Chatelain, his son, worked with him 1751/52-1752 and succeeded him as "Chatelain et fils" or "Veuve Chatelain et fils."  Zacharias worked with numerous other printers, including his brother Isaac Samuel Chatelain (partnership 1708-1714), with his brother-in-law François L'Honoré (1673?-1748?) from 1715 to 1726 (as F. L'Honoré and company), as well as with F. Changuion, P. Hondt, H. Uytwerf, and J. Wetstein. Imprints after 1754 using Chatelain name are fictitious.

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Aaltsz, Geertruy (c.1657-1732/before 1748); Maria Aaltsz  (c. 1663-1746); and Catharina Aaltsz (c.1667-1727/before 1748) were the sisters of Allard Aaltsz (fl. 1697-1707; 1665? -1748), with whom they worked in Amsterdam. The print shop was inherited from their father Herman Aaltz (1620/21-1696) under the name Herman Aaltz, erven.   They were succeeded by their cousin Alexander Aaltsz (life dates unknown).

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Knijff van Someren, Cornelia (life dates unknown; fl. 1700-01).  Abraham Van Someren was a printer and bookseller in Amsterdam from 1662 to 1700 with his wife, Cornelia Knijff. He inherited the shop from his father Joannes Van Someren. Cornelia Knijff van Someren took over in 1700 and continued printing until 1701. Abraham worked with Pieter (Pierre) Mortier I in 1694, with Henri Desbordes in Amsterdam, with Willem I van de Water in Utrecht, and with Adriaen Moetjens I in the Hague. He was Pieter van Someren's brother and his partner from 1685 to 1687. Between 1700 and 1701, he worked with Johannes Van Der Linden.  His brother-in-law was Rombertus Goethals.

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L'Honoré, François, sister or sister-in-law of (life dates unknown; fl. 1673-1748).  François was the brother of Jonas l'Honoré; the son-in-law of Zacharias I Chatelain, with whom he worked in Amsterdam from 1704-1705; and the brother-in-law of Zacharias II Chatelain, with whom he worked in Amsterdam from 1715-1727.

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Mortier, Pieter/Pierre I, wife and widow of (fl. 1711-1719).  Pieter (Pierre) Mortier I worked in Amsterdam from 1661-1711. Mortier’s widow took over in 1711 with her children Pieter/Pierre II and Cornelis. They worked together from 1711 to 1719. Pieter/Pierre partnered and worked with Boom & Abraham Van Someren in 1694. Pieter’s brother was David Mortier.

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Roger, Jeanne (1692-1722).  É[s]tienne Roger (1665-1722), a French-both Huguenot, fled to Amsterdam after the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685.  He married the publisher Marie-Suzanne Magneville (c. 1671-1712) and specialized in printing dictionaries and music. He left the shop to his daughter Jeanne. É[s]tienne had apprenticed with Antoine Pointel (1660-1702) and Jean Louis de Lorme (c. 1655-1729). Jeanne’s sister Françoise Roger (1694–1723) married Michel-Charles Le Cène (1683-1742).  Le Cène worked in the shop till 1720, then ran his own business. Jeanne left the shop to Gerrit Drinkman (c. 1684-1722), who had worked there; upon his death a few months later, Le Cène bought it from Drinkman's widow.