John Lane. Early Type Specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Annotated Descriptions of the Specimens to ca. 1850 (Mostly from the Low Countries and France) with Preliminary Notes on the Typefoundaries and Printing Offices. New Castle, Del.; Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2004. 352 pp. US $95.00/UK 55.00 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1584561394.
Christophe Plantin, who was born and trained in France, moved in 1548 to Antwerp, where he started a small business binding books ...