biography
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Plantin, Christophe
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Dutch Christoffel Plantijn
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pronunciation:
French [plãtĩ], Du
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1520–89)
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| biography:
| Printer, and publisher of the Antwerp Polyglot Bible, born in St Avertin, WC France. After a childhood in Lyon and France, he settled as a bookbinder in Antwerp (1549), and six years later started his own printing business ‘De Gulden Passer’. His Biblia Polyglotta (1569–73), Latin, Hebrew and Dutch Bibles, and editions of the classics are all famous. He became ‘arch printer’ for Philip II, official printer for the States General, and official printer for the city of Antwerp, producing over 2500 books in total. De Gulden Passer remained in business until 1876. His printing-houses in Antwerp, Leyden, and Paris were carried on by his sons-in-law, and his office in Antwerp, bought by the city in 1876, is now the Musée Plantin. |
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