Balthasar or Balthazar Bellerus or Bellère (active 1589–1634) was a printer first at Antwerp and later at Douai in the Habsburg Netherlands. He was a son of the reputable Antwerp printer Joannes Bellerus, and set up a printing shop of his own in the Rue des Ecoles in Douai in 1590, becoming a colleague and rival to Jan Bogard.Félix Nève, "Beller (Balthazar) ou Bellère", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, 1868), 136-138. The motto that appeared on his printer's mark was Labore ac perseverantiâ (Work and perseverance). His marks were the golden compass and a unicorn dipping its horn in a stream.
On 15 November 1638, Balthasar Moretus wrote to Bellerus asking him to provide an apprenticeship for Martin Nutius, oldest son of the recently deceased Antwerp printer Martinus Nutius III. On 23 November Bellerus declined, predicting that there would be no future for the boy in Antwerp's shrinking book trade.Max Rooses, "Martin Nutius III", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 16 (Brussels, 1901), 14-15.
Works 1596: Pedro de Ribadeneira, La vie du père François de Borja, translated by Michel d'Esne 1597 Nicolas de Montmorency, Manuale principes Iacobus de Vitriaco, Libri duo quorum prior orientalis, sive Hierosolymitanae: alter occidentalis historiae nomine inscribitur 1605: Floris Van der Haer, Antiquitatum liturgicarum arcana, 2 volumesVol. 1, vol. 2 on Google Books. 1608: John Brugman, La vie de la très Saincte et vrayment admirable vierge Ludyvine, translated by Michel d'Esne 1612: Philibert Monet, Delectus latinitatisDelectus latinitatis on Google Books 1614: Guilielmus Estius, In Omnes Divi Pauli Apostoli Epistolas Commentariorum Tomus Prior 1617: Biblia Sacra in six volumes with the Glossa Ordinaria and the postils of Nicholas of Lyra 1618: François-Hyacinthe Choquet, Sancti Belgii ordinis Praedicatorum 1623: François-Hyacinthe Choquet, De confessione per literas, seu Internuncium, dissertationes theologicae 1624: Vincentius Bellovacensis, Speculum naturale, in 4 volumes 1629: François-Hyacinthe Choquet, Recueil des vies et actions mémorables des saints personnages ayants vescu dans les Pays-Bas soubs la règle de S. Dominique, translated by Jean de NoeuwirelleRecueil des vies on Google Books
Further reading Albert Labarre, "Les Catalogues de Balthasar Bellère à Douai, 1598–1636", Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 55 (1980), pp. 150–154. H. Vanhulst, "Balthasar Bellère, marchand de musique à Douai (1603–1636)", Revue de musicologie, 85 (1999), pp. 227–263.
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