Julian Notary


Julian Notary was an English printer and bookseller.

Career

As a printer of books, Notary frequently collaborated with Wynkyn de Worde. He had a French associate named Jean Barbier. In the colophon to his books, he writes that he lived in Kings street near Westminster. His earliest work is dated to 20 December 1498.
Notary was also a bookbinder.
He used the initials of "I.N." as a printers mark on his books.

Influence

Julian Notary, is the inspiration and patron for the British notebook brand, NOTARY. In his honor each NOTARY Notebook carries Julian Notary's original bookbinding stamp on its spine. The same stamp that can be found on all the books Notary bound in the Tudor era, including those he bound for King Henry VIII.