In the bookshop, books, maps and atlases are available over the counter. Some books are banned and will be placed on the ‘index’. ...
Het originele woonhuis en atelier van de uitgeversfamilie Plantin-Moretus biedt u een unieke historische ervaring. Het is dan ook Unesco-werelderfgoed. De geschiedenis van boek, drukkunst en ondernemingszin klinkt door in het krakend eikenhout. Hier vindt u de oudste drukpersen ter wereld, en nog veel meer ...
In the bookshop, books, maps and atlases are available over the counter. Some books are banned and will be placed on the ‘index’. ...
After the text had been printed, a proof reading followed. The professor read the text, the proof reader read the text afterwards and made improvements where necessary.Concentration is required and distraction is out of the question. ...
During turbulant times Plantin printed a Catholic card and wrote a letter to the Spanish King Filip II. The Spanish scretary recieved the letter and informed the King. ...
Plantin was the publisher favoured by scientists and humanists. Similarly by Joost Lips, the humanist writer who often stayed with Plantin, and is better known as Justus Lipsius. ...
Plantin had 90 different typefaces, including trendy typefaces from France from the french designers Granjon en Garamond. One of these typesetters is here to present the room to you. ...
In the print room work both the font setters and the printers. If there were ever tensions between the staff, they could make a complaint. These complaints were all neatly recorded. ...
Balthasar I and the later generations of Moretus collected books. Thus arose the library, which also served for some time as a private chapel. But this space was, and is, primarily for books. ...
The printers workshop has exclusive typefaces and typeface-punches to match. At first the typefaces were outsourced. However, from 1622 there was a master type caster at work. ...
Balthasar I Moretus, the grandson of Christoffel Plantin, made the house a palace. On July 8th 1641, he took his last breath. ...
Maria Theresa Borrekens took leadership of the business after the death of her husband François-Jean Moretus. The luxury that can be seen in this lounge was to mask the pain of a mother. ...
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