Willem Lesteens

Guiliam or Willem Lesteens (1590–1661), Latinized Gulielmus Lesteenius, was a printer and publisher in the city of Antwerp, in the Spanish Netherlands.

[2] His shop in the Hoogstraat bore the sign of the Gulden Pelicaen (Golden pelican).

[3] His printer's mark was a pelican with spread wings feeding its young; in later versions flanked by horns of plenty.

[5] In the 1640s he was also the leading figure in an association of Antwerp printers (sociorum typographum Antverpiensium) that clubbed together to share the costs (and risks) of producing expensive editions.

[6] In 1650 Lesteens' daughter, Claire, married Engelbert Gymnicus.