Christopher Plantin and Engraved Book Illustrations in Sixteenth-Century Europe

Name: Christopher Plantin and Engraved Book Illustrations in Sixteenth-Century Europe
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ISBN: 9780521852760

ISBN-10: 0521852765

ISBN-13: 9780521852760

Edition: 2008

Authors: Karen L. Bowen, Dirk Imhof, Karen Lee Bowen, D. Imhof

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This is an interdisciplinary study of Christopher Plantins pioneering role in the production and distribution of books with engraved and etched illustrations in sixteenth-century Europe. Using the rich archival sources at the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Belgium, Karen Bowen and Dirk Imhof examine the artists that worked on these illustrations, the types of illustrations that appealed to specific markets, and the technological, cultural and economic constraints under which Christopher Plantin operated as he ventured into this new area of publishing. They demonstrate how Plantins innovations led to a revolutionary change in taste for book illustrations and place his work within the broader…

Book details

List price: $171.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/17/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 474
Size: 7.68" wide x 9.92" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 2.618
Language: English



List of illustrations


Acknowledgments


Matters of notation and abbreviations


Introduction: precedents for Plantin's work



Printing with intaglio illustrations



"L'excellente, & fameuse Cite d'Anvers": Antwerp and its artists



Plantin's first projects with engravings (1559-1571)



Liturgical editions and the spread of engraved book illustrations



The 1580s and Plantin's etched book illustrations



Plantin prints for others' editions with intaglios


Conclusion


Appendices



The artists who worked on Plantin's intaglio illustrations



Plantin's price calculating schema for his liturgical editions



Sales of Plantin's editions with intaglio illustrations



Inventories of Plantin's stock of copper plates



Editions with intaglio illustrations that Plantin printed for others


References


Index