Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.08201
Title
- Printer's mark of the Officina Plantiniana in Leiden
Production date
1595
Description
Compass in laurel wreath with banderole; printer's mark used by Franciscus I (1595, 1597), Christophorus (1599) and Franciscus II (1605, 1609, 1611) Raphelengius in the Officina Plantiniana in Leiden; originally a compass could be seen in the middle, but not much remains in the current condition of the woodblock
Object name
woodblock (printing matrix)
Material
wood (plant material)
Technique
woodcut (printing process)
Dimensions
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Printed in
- Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri . Accedunt Frontini strategematibus ejusdem auctoris alia opuscula, 1607, dl. 4, titelp.
- Everard Vorst, Oratio funebris in obitum [...] Caroli Clusii, 1611, titelp.
Literature
- Pieter van Huisstede, Dutch printer's devices, 15th-17th century : a catalogue, 1999, nr. 0538