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Christophe Plantin

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Christophe Plantin , 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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Plantin, Christopher (c.1520–89), printer. Brought up in France, in 1548 he settled in Antwerp, where he soon built up the largest printing and publishing business in Europe. His most celebrated production was the Antwerp Polyglot Bible (1569–72). He and his successors printed a large number of editions of the Missal, Breviary, and other liturgical books, in virtue of a monopoly granted to him within the dominions of the King of Spain.

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