PLANTIN, CHRISTOPHE

krēstôfˈ pläNtăNˈ, 1514–89, printer. Plantin left his native France for Belgium because of religious persecution. In Antwerp his work, at first as a bookbinder, began in 1549. He began the production and publishing of books in 1555. His establishment continued to work until 1867 and is now preserved as the Plantin-Moretus Museum. Plantin was the leading printer of the second half of the 16th cent., and his books are admired for their accuracy and their typography. His equipment included types designed by Garamond and Granjon. The most famous work from his press is the Polyglot Bible (Bible regia) in eight volumes. In the center of his printer's mark is a pair of compasses.

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books on: Plantin Christophe  - 66 results

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Gutenberg to Plantin: An Outline of the Early History of Printing
Book by George Parker Winship; Harvard University Press, 1926
Subjects: Incunabula, Printing--History
...PRINTERS THE Era of the Master Printers ended with CHRISTOPHE PLANTIN. Since his time there have been many great masters...influenced the development of book-making. Before Plantin, from the days of Koberger and of the early Venetians...
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Master Makers of the Book: Being a Consecutive Story of the Book from a Century before the Invention of Printing through the Era of the Doves Press
Book by William Dana Orcutt; Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928
Subjects: Books, Printers, Printing--History
...Madeleine, Plantins letter to, 110 Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp, 110 , 126 Plantin Press, founded, 109 ; organization of...133 ; becomes museum, 125 ; see also Plantin, Christophe Plato, 58 Plato , printed by Aldus, 55...
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Who's Who in Europe, 1450-1750
Book by Henry Kamen; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Europe--Biography, Europe--History
...entering the Spanish nobility. Plantin, Christophe ( c. 1520-89) French printer...during the Spanish Fury (1576), Plantin established an office in Paris...the firm after Plantins death. Plantin himself returned to Antwerp in...
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In Quest of the Perfect Book: Reminiscences & Reflections of a Bookman
Book by William Dana Orcutt; Little, Brown & Company, 1926
Subjects: Book Design--History, Books--History, Orcutt, William Dana--1870-1953, Printers--United States--Biography, Printing--History
...Plantins Biblia Polyglotta , 227 - 228, 233 ; makes Plantin phototypographe , 233 Pickering, the London publisher...196 Pisa, 291 Pius XI, Pope, see Ratti, Achille Plantin, Christophe, financially embarrassed by his Biblia Polyglotta...
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The Iron Century: Social Change in Europe, 1550-1660
Book by Henry Kamen; Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971
Subjects: Europe--Economic Conditions, Europe--Religious Life And Customs, Europe--Social Conditions--17th Century, Social Classes--Europe
...Pignatelli family, 153 piracy, 119 ; in Mediterranean, 82 , 125 , 415 - 16 Pizarro, 7 , 56 plague, see epidemics Plantin, Christophe, 117 Podhale, 370 , 376 Poitou, 69 , 73 , 103 , 167 , 356 , 374 Poland, 44 , 143 , 238 , 260 - 1 , 370 ; nobles...
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Printing Ritual: The Performance of Community in Christopher Plantin's la Joyeuse & Magnifique Entree De Monseigneur Francoys ... d'Anjou
Journal article by Emily J. Peters; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: European literature--Case studies, European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Group identity--Influence, La Joyeuse and Magnifique Entree de Monseigneur Francoys: Fils de France, et Frere Unicque du Roy, par la grace de Dieu, Duc de Brabant, d'Anjou, Alencon, Berri, and c. en sa tres-renommee ville D'Anvers (Book)--Case studies, Netherlands--History, Netherlands--Social aspects, Plantin, Christophe--Works, Printing--Political aspects, Printing--Social aspects, Publishers (Persons)--Works, Renaissance literature--Case studies, Social identity--Influence
...1582, the Antwerp publisher Christopher Plantin (1514-89) produced an elaborate folio...1). (1) In addition to the folio, Plantin published two quarto versions of the text...to be sold at a lower price. (2) Plantin collaborated with several artists on the...
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Women in the Book Trade in Italy, 1475-1620
Journal article by Deborah Parker; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 49, 1996
Subjects: Businesswomen--Reports, Publishing industry--Italy, Women painters--Social aspects
...should not be underestimated. Christophe Plantin, the distinguished Antwerp...scholar asked a friend of the Plantin family about Magdalenes astonishing...invited two prominent publishers, Christophe Plantin and Nicolo Bevilacqua, to collaborate...
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`Alphabetical Positions': Engendering Letters in Early Modern Europe
Journal article by Bianca F.-C. Calabresi; Critical Survey, Vol. 14, 2002
Subjects: Written communication
...type, according to the sixteenth-century printer Plantin, gained their names `from nations which have used...variety of things (London: 1594), 19-20. (12.) Christophe Plantin, Dialogues francois pour les jeunes enfans (Antwerp...
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder: the Draftsman Revealed
Journal article by Nina Eugenia Serebrennikov; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002
Subjects: Art exhibits, Brueghel, Pieter (The Elder) (1530-69), Visual artists
...poet Matthijs de Castelein described Satan himself as "drol." Small wonder then that in a list of prints sent by Christophe Plantin to the Parisian bookseller Martin Le Jeune in 1558, four sets of the Seven Deadly Sins are described as "4 les...


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magazine articles on: Plantin Christophe  - 3 results

 
 
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The Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp
Magazine article by Gordon Marsden; History Today, Vol. 46, July 1996
Subjects: Antwerp, Belgium--Galleries and museums
...acquired between 1576 and 1579 by Christophe Plantin, a native Frenchman and, by...work on illustrations for the Plantin-Moretus presses -- and portraits...founder of the feast himself, Christophe Plantin. Though based on an earlier...
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The Information Age Is Over
Magazine article by Geh An Suzann Douglas; World and I, Vol. 14, January 1999
Subjects: McLuhan, Marshall--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Technology--Influence
...most interesting of these competitors may have been Christophe Plantin, a printer who ran the biggest publishing house in Europe. As Burke and Ornstein explain, Plantin and his fellow printers were "the first real capitalists...
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Our Greatest Threat: The Coming Nuclear Crisis
Magazine article by Douglas Roche; Commonweal, Vol. 132, March 11, 2005
Subjects: Nuclear nonproliferation--Forecasts and trends, Nuclear nonproliferation--International aspects, Nuclear nonproliferation--Political aspects, Nuclear weapons--Forecasts and trends
...preserving a free spirit and a strong judgment: <br/ this is to wait at home for death comfortably. <br/ --Christophe Plantin (1514-89) translated by Karl Kirchwey <br/ Even though this resolution was mild compared to the regular demands...


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encyclopedia articles on: Plantin Christophe  - 3 results

 
 
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Plantin, Christophe
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PLANTIN, CHRISTOPHE krestof plaNtaN , 1514 89, printer. Plantin left his native France for Belgium because of religious...continued to work until 1867 and is now preserved as the Plantin-Moretus Museum. Plantin was the leading printer of...
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Granjon, Robert
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...italic caused the Granjon style to fall into disuse. Printers who used types designed and made by Granjon included Christophe Plantin, of Antwerp. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the...
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Antwerp , City, Belgium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the city, and Anthony Van Dyck was born there. Many of their works are in the museums and churches of Antwerp. Christophe Plantin made (16th cent.) the city a center of printing; his house is a museum. Among Antwerps many splendid structures...


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