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<p>[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 9524383, member: 14916"]The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantin_Press" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantin_Press" rel="nofollow">Plantin Press</a> was founded by Christopher Plantin in 1555. When he died in 1589 he left the company to his son-in-law Jan Moerentorff (Moretus). Until 1877 the Moretus dynasty lead the company.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the earlier days, the printing company printed all kinds of books: atlasses (Ortelius), medical books, philosophy, history and religious books. From the halfway the 17th century, they printed mainly liturgical books for priests, monasteries and churches. A large part of the books was ment for the Spanish speaking part of the world, so you can still find these books in libraries in Spain/Portugal and in the Latin-American countries.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few weeks ago I bought a collection of 10 complete and 50 fragments of title pages, printed by the Plantin Press in Antwerp during the 17th and 18th century. I think most of the title pages never made it into books, but they were printers' waste. If they were parts of books, it was almost certain they had owner marks and dirt on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collecting old paper doesn't have to be expensive. I bought all these 60 fragments for 50 euro, so that is less than a euro (read dollar) each <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most people would find such a collection not very interesting, but for a book nerd like me, it is great to research!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a typical title page of the Plantin Press. It is a payer book for a priest (breviary), printed in 1693 by Balthasar Moretus (III).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452122[/ATTACH]</p><p>Another title page as one big engraving. Date unknown.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452123[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This title page is quite different, but I like it very much. A liturgical choir book, specially made for the Carmelite order (1650).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452124[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This was ment for a priest manual for the diocese of Gand (Belgium 1661). Made by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Van_Caukercken" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Van_Caukercken" rel="nofollow">Cornelis van Koukerken</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452125[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the fragments are the lower halves of a complete page, like this addition to a breviary (1769), made for Franciscan monks.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452126[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some pages even are uncut, like these Books of Hours, printed for the order of Carmelites (1700)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452127[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This addition was made for the Spanish market with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Great" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Great" rel="nofollow">Santiago</a> (Saint James, the apostle), printed in 1761. The engraving shows the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Matamoros" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Matamoros" rel="nofollow">Matamoros</a> where James appeared for Spanish troops attacking the Moors in 859 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452128[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a picture of all of the scans of the fragments.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452129[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It reminds me of a board in the printing room of the <a href="https://museumplantinmoretus.be/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumplantinmoretus.be/" rel="nofollow">Plantin-Moretus museum</a>, where a lot of book fragments are displayed. Some of the fragments I showed are actually on this board. I think this is the least photographed part of the museum, because it is so reflective, so sorry for the quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452130[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the printing room in the museum.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452131[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you wat to see all the scans, click here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WVb4nLK-cZuCmLjy6FWqP2raOf6Uma9wBBqMgqEC9j6jMWmaqTlzn1kF6zf1MA?key=WWI4cXpJMVNrcVVWLW0yM29wUmtsOHppYVpVNVR3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WVb4nLK-cZuCmLjy6FWqP2raOf6Uma9wBBqMgqEC9j6jMWmaqTlzn1kF6zf1MA?key=WWI4cXpJMVNrcVVWLW0yM29wUmtsOHppYVpVNVR3" rel="nofollow">Plantin Title Pages Fragments - Google Photos</a></p><p><a href="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNABONKdx_g1HWhRViMfP8mGwLWIst56Q4l0OZ9KUOtftUov58x2QZNjtuf6dlJYg?key=b0c3R3hJWHkwZzBFQUhWaUpZMlVlb3lUMlpldG5B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNABONKdx_g1HWhRViMfP8mGwLWIst56Q4l0OZ9KUOtftUov58x2QZNjtuf6dlJYg?key=b0c3R3hJWHkwZzBFQUhWaUpZMlVlb3lUMlpldG5B" rel="nofollow">Plantin Title Pages Complete - Google Photos</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 9524383, member: 14916"]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantin_Press']Plantin Press[/URL] was founded by Christopher Plantin in 1555. When he died in 1589 he left the company to his son-in-law Jan Moerentorff (Moretus). Until 1877 the Moretus dynasty lead the company. In the earlier days, the printing company printed all kinds of books: atlasses (Ortelius), medical books, philosophy, history and religious books. From the halfway the 17th century, they printed mainly liturgical books for priests, monasteries and churches. A large part of the books was ment for the Spanish speaking part of the world, so you can still find these books in libraries in Spain/Portugal and in the Latin-American countries. A few weeks ago I bought a collection of 10 complete and 50 fragments of title pages, printed by the Plantin Press in Antwerp during the 17th and 18th century. I think most of the title pages never made it into books, but they were printers' waste. If they were parts of books, it was almost certain they had owner marks and dirt on them. Collecting old paper doesn't have to be expensive. I bought all these 60 fragments for 50 euro, so that is less than a euro (read dollar) each :). Most people would find such a collection not very interesting, but for a book nerd like me, it is great to research! This is a typical title page of the Plantin Press. It is a payer book for a priest (breviary), printed in 1693 by Balthasar Moretus (III). [ATTACH=full]452122[/ATTACH] Another title page as one big engraving. Date unknown. [ATTACH=full]452123[/ATTACH] This title page is quite different, but I like it very much. A liturgical choir book, specially made for the Carmelite order (1650). [ATTACH=full]452124[/ATTACH] This was ment for a priest manual for the diocese of Gand (Belgium 1661). Made by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Van_Caukercken']Cornelis van Koukerken[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]452125[/ATTACH] Most of the fragments are the lower halves of a complete page, like this addition to a breviary (1769), made for Franciscan monks. [ATTACH=full]452126[/ATTACH] Some pages even are uncut, like these Books of Hours, printed for the order of Carmelites (1700) [ATTACH=full]452127[/ATTACH] This addition was made for the Spanish market with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Great']Santiago[/URL] (Saint James, the apostle), printed in 1761. The engraving shows the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Matamoros']Matamoros[/URL] where James appeared for Spanish troops attacking the Moors in 859 AD. [ATTACH=full]452128[/ATTACH] Here is a picture of all of the scans of the fragments. [ATTACH=full]452129[/ATTACH] It reminds me of a board in the printing room of the [URL='https://museumplantinmoretus.be/']Plantin-Moretus museum[/URL], where a lot of book fragments are displayed. Some of the fragments I showed are actually on this board. I think this is the least photographed part of the museum, because it is so reflective, so sorry for the quality. [ATTACH=full]452130[/ATTACH] This is the printing room in the museum. [ATTACH=full]452131[/ATTACH] If you wat to see all the scans, click here: [URL='https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WVb4nLK-cZuCmLjy6FWqP2raOf6Uma9wBBqMgqEC9j6jMWmaqTlzn1kF6zf1MA?key=WWI4cXpJMVNrcVVWLW0yM29wUmtsOHppYVpVNVR3']Plantin Title Pages Fragments - Google Photos[/URL] [URL='https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNABONKdx_g1HWhRViMfP8mGwLWIst56Q4l0OZ9KUOtftUov58x2QZNjtuf6dlJYg?key=b0c3R3hJWHkwZzBFQUhWaUpZMlVlb3lUMlpldG5B']Plantin Title Pages Complete - Google Photos[/URL][/QUOTE]
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