Author : Max Rooses
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333473525
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Plantin-Moretus Museum (Classic Reprint) by : Max Rooses
Download or read book Catalogue of the Plantin-Moretus Museum (Classic Reprint) written by Max Rooses and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Plantin-Moretus Museum Both, 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 dishonour the 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 sentence of this story is true. Plantin, after his marriage, lived some time in Paris. In 1549 he settled at Antwerp, which was at that time, toge ther with the Capital of France, the most ourishing town of the north-west of our continent, as a book binder and casket-maker. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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."