cartonnage illustre de l'editeur, Hardcover, 504 pages, Illustrated. Texte en Francais . ISBN 9782867422997. Originaire de touraine, Christophe Plantin s?installe vers 1549 Anvers, une plaque tournante du commerce international. Il y tablit en 1555 les fondements de la plus vaste entreprise d?imprimerie que l?Europe d?Ancien R gime ait connue. G nie des affaires et typographe de talent, il fait de son officine, qui a pris pour enseigne le Compas d?or , l?un des plus importants soutiens ditoriaux de la Contre-R forme, ce qui ne l?emp che pas de se livrer certaines activit s clandestines. D s l?origine la production de Plantin se signale par son l gance. Sa correspondance, comme les archives de l?entreprise, exceptionnellement conserv es, t moignent d?amples ambitions commerciales et du soin extr me apport la conception des livres. Le premier si cle d?activit de la maison Plantin-Moretus, particuli rement brillant, ses strat gies ditoriales et les exigences de sa production sont au c?ur de cet ouvrage. Il montre comment Christophe Plantin et ses successeurs ont transform ? l?esth tique du livre de la Renaissance et inaugur l? ?re baroque de la mise en page, en mobilisant un mat riel typographique et ornemental nouveau, en promouvant la gravure sur cuivre, en sollicitant de mani re privil gi e le peintre Pierre Paul Rubens ou des illustrateurs et graveurs de talent (Pieter van der Borcht, les fr ?res Wierix, Charles de Mallery ou Cornelis Galle). 1950 g. Seller Inventory # 56813

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Title: Christophe Plantin et son officine. Un si ...

Publisher: FR/ BE- Editions des Cendres / Cultura Library 2020

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