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SUMMARY:Publishing practices around 1600: the case of the Antwerp publishe
 r Jan Moretus I - Dirk Imhof
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CONTACT:Dr Anke Plagnol
DESCRIPTION:\nThe Antwerp publisher Jan Moretus I inherited the Plantin Pr
 ess upon Christophers Plantin's death in 1589 and managed it successfully 
 until his own death in 1610. Despite the efforts of some of his relatives 
 and competitors to divide and weaken the Press\, he was able to maintain t
 he business as a whole and retain important privileges for the printing of
  the Bible and reformed liturgical texts that his father-in-law had previo
 usly obtained. He even succeeded in expanding the activities of the Press 
 such that it became one of the largest in Europe once again. The archives 
 of the Plantin Press provide scholars with an exceptional opportunity to u
 nderstand much of what went on in the world of printing and publishing. Of
 fering detailed information about contacts with authors\, payments to the 
 pressmen and to the artists for the illustration\, as well as the subseque
 nt distribution of the books\, these documents\, constitute a unique resou
 rce that attests to many facets of Jan Moretus's management of his Press.
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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