Name

Christophe Plantin

Original name

Christoffel Plantijn

Main activity

book printer and publisher

Secondary activity

Title

Name variations

Christoffel Plantin"

Education place

Education institution

Activity place

Antwerp

Activity institution

Plantin Press

Activity start date

Activity end date

Place of birth

Saint-Avertin

Date of birth

c. 1520.

Place of death

Antwerp

Date of death

1589

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Christophe Plantin (c. 1520–1589) was a French-born printer who made Antwerp the center of one of the most important publishing enterprises of the 16th century. As founder of the Officina Plantiniana, he transformed printing into a large-scale, international scholarly industry, producing works in multiple languages—including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic—and collaborating with leading humanists of his age.

Entry author

Gyöngyi Oroszi