Jacques Honervogt

optical print

Jacob (or Jacques) Honervogt (c.1590-c.1666) was a native of Cologne and the son of the Cologne gold merchant Wederil Honervogt and Gertrude Mesnestrede. On June 18th, 1604, he entered the service of Thomas de Leu in Paris: as 'Jacob Vanderfolgen, 21 years old native from Cologne' he is assured food, lodging, labor, and 108 livres of wages for two and a half years. (Saur 2012).

On June 24th, 1608, he married Jacqueline Pichon, whose parents were farmers owning property in the village of Grumesnil in Picardie. In the same year, he started working as an engraver in Paris. He became a French national in 1624.

After 1654, he worked with Gérard Jollain, who continued the business after Honervogt's death.

Jacques I Honervogt had at least five children: Marie (born September 11th, 1611), whose godmother was Frémin Ricard, the wife of the publisher Jean IV Leclerc.
Jacob Honervogt began as an engraver before becoming a publisher. His output of maps is very small.

Maps and prints by Honervogt