| LC control no. | no 95044273 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Moretus, Jan, 1543-1610 |
| Variant(s) | Moerentorf, John, 1543-1610 Moretus, Ioannes, 1543-1610 Moretus, Jan, I, 1543-1610 Moretus, Joannes, 1543-1610 Moretus, John, 1543-1610 Mourentorf, Ian, 1543-1610 |
| See also | Officer of: Plantijnsche Drukkerij |
| Other standard no. | 90638686 |
| Associated country | Belgium |
| Associated place | Antwerp (Belgium) |
| Birth date | 1543-05-02 |
| Death date | 1610-09-22 |
| Field of activity | Printing |
| Affiliation | Plantijnsche Drukkerij |
| Profession or occupation | Printers |
| Found in | Caroli ClusI ... Rariorum plantarum historia, 1601: title page (Ex Officina Plantiniana apud Ioannem Moretum) Encyclopaedia Britannica, c1994: v. 9, page 502 (John Moerentorf (Moretus)) Jan Moretus and the continuation of the Plantin Press, 2014: title page (Jan Moretus I) Wikipedia, July 23, 2015 (Jan Moretus, also Johann Moerentorf or Joannes Moretus, (2 May 1543-22 September 1610); Flemish printer) Biblia sacra, dat is, De geheele Heylighe Schrifture bedeylt int Oudt ende Nieu Testament, 1599: title page (Ian Mourentorf) Wikipedia, 30 January 2019 (Plantin Press; antwerp; Christopher Plantin founded the press, having fled Paris for Antwerp where he at first bound books; after becoming a citizen he began printing in 1555; he took on an assistant, Jan Moretus, who became his business manger, son-in-law, and eventually his successor; Platin's successors continued to print at Antwerp until 1867. The building that housed the press is now the Plantin-Moretus Museum) |
| Associated language | dut lat |
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