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Christophe Plantin was a French Renaissance humanist and book printer and publisher who resided and worked in Antwerp.
The Plantin Press at Antwerp was one of the focal centers of the fine printed book in the 16th century.
The Sadeler family were the largest, and probably the most successful of the dynasties of Flemish engravers that were dominant in Northern European printmaking in the later 16th and 17th centuries, as both artists and publishers. As with other dynasties such as the Wierixes and Van de Passe family, the style of family members is very similar, and their work often hard to tell apart in the absence of a signature or date, or evidence of location. Altogether at least ten Sadelers worked as engravers, in the Spanish Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Bohemia and Austria.
Jan Moretus, also John Moerentorf or Joannes Moretus, was a Flemish printer who was an apprentice for Christophe Plantin, married his daughter, and later inherited the printing business on his father-in-law's death.
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing museum in Antwerp, Belgium which focuses on the work of the 16th-century printers Christophe Plantin and Jan Moretus. It is located in their former residence and printing establishment, the Plantin Press, at the Vrijdagmarkt in Antwerp, and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005.
Max Rooses was a Belgian writer, literary critic, and curator of the Plantin-Moretus Museum at Antwerp.
The Plantin Polyglot is a polyglot Bible, printed under the title Biblia Polyglotta by Christopher Plantin in Antwerp (Belgium) between 1568 and 1573.
Jean-Jacques Chifflet (Chiflet) was a physician, jurist, antiquarian and archaeologist originally from the County of Burgundy.
Plantin is an old-style serif typeface. It was created in 1913 by the British Monotype Corporation for their hot metal typesetting system and is named after the sixteenth-century printer Christophe Plantin. It is loosely based on a Gros Cicero roman type cut in the 16th century by Robert Granjon held in the collection of the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp.
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Hieronymus Wierix (1553–1619) was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is known for his reproductive engravings after the work of well-known local and foreign artists including Albrecht Dürer. Together with other members of the Wierix family of engravers he played an important role in spreading appreciation for Netherlandish art abroad as well as in creating art that supported the Catholic cause in the Southern Netherlands.
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Balthasar Moretus or Balthasar I Moretus was a Flemish printer and head of the Officina Plantiniana, the printing company established by his grandfather Christophe Plantin in Antwerp in 1555. He was the son of Martina Plantin and Jan Moretus.
Pieter van der Borcht (I) or Peter van der Borcht was a Flemish Renaissance painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is regarded as one of the most gifted botanical painters of the 16th century. Pieter van der Borcht the Elder also introduced new themes such as the 'monkey scene' into Northern art.
Joannes Bochius, sometimes Jan Boghe or Jean Boch (1555–1609) was a civic officeholder and neo-Latin poet in the city of Antwerp.
Alexander Voet the Younger or Alexander Voet II was a Flemish engraver, print artist and publisher. He was the son of Alexander Voet the Elder, one of the leading engravers and publishers in Antwerp in the middle and second half of the 17th century. He first worked in his father's large workshop and later operated his own workshop.
Jozef Linnig or Jan Theodoor Jozef Linnig was a Belgian painter, watercolorist, engraver, art historian and art dealer. He is best known for his drawings of the old quarters of Antwerp and is considered the topographer of old Antwerp. He also co-authored a book on 19th-century Dutch and Belgian painter-engravers.
Henricus Sedulius (1547-1621) – the Latinized name of Henri de Vroom van Kleef – was a Belgian Franciscan scholar noted for his works on religious figures such as the lives of St. Elziarius and St. Francis of Assisi. He also published works that defended the Franciscan order.
Martina Plantin (1550–1616) was involved in her father's printing business from five years of age, and ran the family lace shop from the age of 17. After her father and husband had died, she was the head of the Plantin-Moretus printing business from 1610 to 1614, with daily operations managed by her sons Balthasar and Jan. She was considered a "formidable businesswoman from the wealthy bourgeoisie" and the head of the Plantin-Moretus printing dynasty, by marrying Jan Moretus and being the daughter of publisher Christophe Plantin.
Hendrik Désiré Louis 'Dis' Vervliet was a Belgian librarian and historian of books and printing.
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- ↑ Nadia De Vree. "Baroque Book Design". stadantwerpen.prezly.com. City of Antwerp.
- ↑ "Museum Plantin-Moretus – Who'sWho".
- ↑ Review by Jeanine De Landtsheer, Renaissance Quarterly
- ↑ Review by Mark Rankin in The Sixteenth Century Journal
- ↑ Review by Michael Hunter in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
- ↑ Review by Rachel N. Schnepper in Journal of British Studies
- ↑ Review by Nancy V. Fresella-Lee in Print Quarterly
- ↑ Review by Geoffrey Scott in Journal of Ecclesiastical History
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- ↑ Review by David McKitterick in The Library
- ↑ Review by Frans A. Janssen in Quaerendo
- ↑ Review by Paul Begheyn in Journal of Jesuit Studies
- ↑ Review by Jan Machielsen in The English Historical Review
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