Interesting - Galileo's book was published by Lodewijk Elzevir in the Netherlands against the order of the Vatican. Even more interesting, I think, is that the

Interesting - Galileo's book was published by Lodewijk Elzevir in the Netherlands against the order of the Vatican. Even more interesting, I think, is that the name and logo of the famous 16th century printer was appropriated by a certain infamous publisher 300 years later according to Wikipedia: Elsevier was founded in 1880 and adopted the name and logo from the Dutch publishing house Elzevir that was an inspiration and has no connection to the contemporary Elsevier. The Elzevir family operated as booksellers and publishers in the Netherlands; the founder, Lodewijk Elzevir (1542–1617), lived in Leiden and established that business in 1580. As a company logo, Elsevier used the Elzevir family's printer's mark, a tree entwined with a vine and the words Non Solus, which is Latin for "not alone".