Plantin, Christophe

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• PLANTIN, CHRISTOPHE° — (c. 1520–1589), French humanist printer and publisher. Plantin, who was born near Tours, learned the book trade in Normandy and Paris. His Protestant sympathies led him in 1549 to the more congenial atmosphere of Antwerp in the Spanish… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Plantin, Christophe — ▪ French printer born c. 1520, , Saint Avertin, France died July 1, 1589, Antwerp, Belg.       French printer, founder of an important printing house and publisher of the Antwerp Polyglot Bible.       Plantin learned bookbinding and bookselling… …   Universalium

• Plantin, Christophe — (ca. 1520 1589)    Printer and publisher at Antwerp from 1555 to his death. He was born in France but about 1548 emigrated to Antwerp, where he worked as a bookbinder and in 1555 received a license to practice the printing trade. Although Plan… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Plantin, Christophe — ► (1520 89) Impresor y editor francés. Su obra maestra es la Biblia Regia o Poliglotta de Arias Montano …   Enciclopedia Universal

• PLANTIN, CHRISTOPHE —    a printer of Antwerp, born near Tours, in France; celebrated for the beauty and accuracy of the work that issued from his press, the most notable being the Antwerp Polyglot ; he had printing establishments in Leyden and Paris, as well as… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Plantin — Plantin, Christophe …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Christophe Plantin — Portrait of Plantin by Rubens Born c. 1520 France Died 1 July 1589(1 …   Wikipedia

• Christophe Plantin —     Christophe Plantin     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christophe Plantin     Book binder and publisher of Antwerp, b. 1514, at or near Tours (France); d. 1 July, 1589, at Antwerp. The son of a servant, he learned the art of book binding and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• PLANTIN (C.) — PLANTIN CHRISTOPHE (1520 env. 1589) Né à Saint Avertin, une bourgade près de Tours, Plantin, s’est fixé vers 1540 à Caen, où il apprend le métier d’imprimeur et de relieur chez Robert Macé; il y épouse Jeanne (de la) Rivière en 1545 ou 1546.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Plantin — (Christophe) (v. 1520 1589) imprimeur belge d origine française (né à Tours). Il s établit en 1549 à Anvers, où il mourut, et dirigea la publication de plus de 1 500 ouvrages, parmi lesquels la fameuse Biblia Regia ou Biblia Poliglotta (8 vol.,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle