Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.13178
Title
- Ornamental initial X, lettre cadeau (42 mm)
- Latin alphabet, lettre cadeau, grotesque decoration (42 mm)
Creator
Geoffroy Ballain (designer), Antoni van Leest (woodcutter (printmaker))
Object name
woodblock (printing matrix)
Material
wood (plant material)
Technique
woodcut (printing process)
Dimensions
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Literature
- Max Rooses, Index characterum architypographiae Plantinianae = Proeven der lettersoorten gebruikt in de Plantijnsche drukkerij = Specimen des caractères employés dans l'imprimerie plantinienne, 1905, II, nr. 5 [X]
- Stephen Harvard, Ornamental initials: the woodcut initials of Christopher Plantin: a complete catalogue, 1974, nr. 40 [X]