The Plantin Moretus Museum and a 450-year reflection on publishing

The Plantin Moretus Museum and a 450-year reflection on publishing

Yesterday I visited the Museum Plantin Moretus in Antwerp. Christophe Plantin was printer who published his first book in 1555. What surprised me most about what I saw was not how much publishing has changed in 450 years, but how much it hasn’t. Plantin came from Normandy, settled in Antwerp, and started a publishing business…