Christophe Plantin

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bookbinder human printer publisher typographer

Christophe Plantin was a prominent 16th-century French-born printer and publisher based in Antwerp, renowned for founding one of Europe’s most influential early printing houses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bookbinder ⓘ
human ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
typographer ⓘ
alternateName Christoffel Plantijn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Christophorus Plantinus NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Plantin-Moretus Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthCountry Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate c. 1520 ⓘ
birthPlace Saint-Avertin NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Tours ⓘ
citizenship France ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCountry Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1589-07-01 ⓘ
deathPlace Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork printing ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
typography ⓘ
founded Officina Plantiniana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plantin Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plantin-Moretus printing house NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legacy his printing house survives as the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp ⓘ
movedTo Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Low Countries NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Northern Renaissance printing NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Christophe Plantin NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor founding one of Europe’s most influential early printing houses ⓘ
high-quality typography ⓘ
large-scale scholarly and religious publishing ⓘ
notableWork Biblia Regia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plantin Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polyglot Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation bookseller ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
type designer ⓘ
position architypographus regius ⓘ
royal printer to the king of Spain ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
residence Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Jeanne Rivière NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Plantin-Moretus Museum → namedAfter → Christophe Plantin ⓘ
Ortelius’s Parergon → associatedPerson → Christophe Plantin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christopher Plantin
Parergon → publisher → Christophe Plantin ⓘ