1913 ❧ [PLANTIN-MORETUS]. ROOSES, MAX. 1839-1914. La Musée Plantin-Moretus. Antwerp: G. Zazzarini & Co, Anvers, 1913. Folio (445 x 325 mm). 39 engravings printed from the original copper plates, 27 full-page illustrations, and numerous woodcuts within the text. Original vellum with the Plantin device on covers. Very slight bowing of covers. Provenance: Xavier University Library (bookplate). LIMITED EDITION one of 440 numbered copies from a total edition of 500. The groundbreaking and definitive work on this long-established foundry and printer, Plantin-Moretus, whose printing office now serves as a museum and the best-preserved example of a sixteenth century printing establishment of which Rooses was the first curator. Founded by Christopher Plantin after his move to Antwerp and continued by his in-laws, the Moretuses, the book celebrates and illustrates the extensive collection they accumulated over four centuries with 68 plates, many of them printed from the original 16th through 17th century collection of type, woodcuts, culs de lampes, and other ornaments. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing