Catalogue of the Plantin-Moretus Museum (Classic Reprint)

Bücher

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Plantin-Moretus MuseumBoth, it is said, were sons of the illustrious Charles de Tiercelin, who died crowned with glory, but devoid of fortune. His children having to provide for their sustenance by the labour of their hands, resolved to do so with courage. But, that they might not dis honor the coat of arms of their noble ancestors, they assumed the plebeian names of two plants, the plantain and the leek, in French Plantain and Porret. One became a bookseller, the other an apothecary.Only the last phrase is true in this legend. Plantin, after his marriage, lived some time in Paris. In 1549 he settled at Antwerp, which was at that time, together with the capital of France, the most flourishing town of the north-west of our continent, as a book-binder and casket-maker.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.