Balthasar Moretus and the passion of publishing
By: Dirk Imhof, Paul van Capelleveen, Goran Proot, Andrew Steeves, Guy Vingerhoets
Publisher: BAI
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Kontich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9789085867708; 9789085867692
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Artists' books; Book design; Baroque Bookbinding; 06.23 publishing, publishers
Description: "In the seventeenth century, Balthasar Moretus I was master of the Plantin Press.  The Baroque era was in full sway and proved hightly influential on developments in the world of books.  Balthasar succeeded in getting leading artists to work on his book designs.  This included collaborating with Peter Paul Rubens on more than twenty projects.  Even today, publishers still play the role of director in terms of book innovation, and the relationship bwtween publisher and artist remains as important now as it was in the past.  Balthasar Moretus and the Passion of Publishing introduces the reader to fascinating publishing projects that make us look at books in a new light.  We learn how both publisher and artists are constantly reinventing the book together."--Back cover
Notes: Colophon: This book is published on the occasion of the Baroque Book Design exhibition held at the Museum Plantin-Moretus (Antwerp), 28 September 2018 - 6 January 2019, and organized in response to Antwerp Baroque 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / -- The Alderman for culture, city of Antwerp; title: Balthasar Moretus I : A concise biography --; title: 'Ex arte et decore typographica' : Balthasar Moretus I, publisher of Baroque books  -- Dirk Imhof; title: Peter Paul Rubens, the Moretuses and the Plantin Press --; title: The pricing policy of the Officina Plantiniana, 1580-1655  -- Goran Proot; title: Engraving, reworking and printing from copper plates : Theodore Galle's workshop --; title: The breviary in folio of 1614 : A pet project of the Moretus brothers --; title: Literary publishing and deep regard  -- Andrew Steeves; title: Engravers from Antwerp or Brussels? Illustrating the works of Hermannus Hugo --; title: Publishing for a difficult author : The Bartholomaeus de los Rios publications --; title: Visual editions : Stories for contemporary readers  -- Paul van Capelleveen; title: The fate of the copper-plate engravings bearing designs by Peter Paul Rubens --; title: Imschoot, Uitgevers. The history of a passion -- Guy Vingerhoets-- Colophon.