Suenonius Mandelgreen

He was born in Uppsala and learned the trade of bookbinding in his native country, including stamping book covers in gold leaf.

Mandelgreen probably found a successor to his knowledge in the Flushing pupil and later publisher and bookbinder Jan Dane.

Mandelgreen also published sheet music, such as the Symphony for string orchestra opus 1 by Christian Ernst Graf, as well as his Sei Sinfonie a violino primo, secondo, viola e basso.

Furthermore, the publisher announced in the Middelburgsche Courant that Graf's "Trios, being VI sonatas on violons, vol.

[4] In 1758, Mandelgreen, together with Adam Laurens Callenfels and Louis Taillefert Davidsz., started publishing the Middelburgsche Courant, the first copy of which appeared on 26 April of that year, making it the third oldest (still continuing) newspaper of the Netherlands.

Bookbinding of dark brown-carmine morocco by Mandelgreen from 1736. The book block contains François Halma, Tooneel der Vereenigde Nederlanden ... (Leeuwarden, 1725). Source: Royal Library of the Netherlands (KB), bookshelf 1792 E 15
Book binding of red morocco stamped in gold leaf with a ribbon pattern, from 1755, by Suenonius Mandelgreen. The binding was made for the Van Borssele van der Hooge family (coat of arms in the center). Cupids shooting arrows at a flying heart are visible in the corners of the book cover. Source: Zeeuws Archief, blog by Roosanne Goudbeek about this luxurious bookbinding