Christopher Plantin and Engraved Book Illustrations in Sixteenth-Century Europe

Study of Christopher Plantin's role in the production of books with engraved and etched illustrations.

Autorentext

Karen L. Bowen is an independent scholar and lecturer on book illustration.

Zusammenfassung
Interdisciplinary study of Christopher Plantin's pioneering role in the production and distribution of books with engraved and etched illustrations in sixteenth-century Europe. The authors place Plantin's work within the broader context of the European book trade of the late sixteenth century and Antwerp's political, economic, cultural and religious history.

Inhalt

Introduction: precedents for Plantin's work; 1. Printing with intaglio illustrations; 2. 'L'excellente, and fameuse Cité d'Anvers': Antwerp and its artists; 3. Plantin's first projects with engravings (1559 1571); 4. Liturgical editions and the spread of engraved book illustrations; 5. The 1580s and Plantin's etched book illustrations; 6. Plantin prints for others' editions with intaglios.