Plantin
Americannoun
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Rubens painted the portraits around 1618 for his friend, who was head of the Plantin Press, the largest publishing house in 16th- and 17th- century Europe.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2015
"It's easy to use and it takes really good quality photos, like any other tablet," said one happy customer, Lisbeth Plantin.
From Reuters • Mar. 16, 2014
In 1555 the Frenchman Christopher Plantin started a print and publishing business in the city which he and his in-laws ran for 400 years.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2013
Christoffel Plantin was a 16th-century printer, and it was his family home as well as his place of business.
From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2011
It has, however, been pointed out by modern authorities that the archives of the Plantin Museum show that Plantin bought 800 copies of Purfoot’s edition, with the wood blocks, for 1320 florins.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
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