For many the best printer of the Sixteenth Century, Christophe Plantin learned bookbinding at Caen, Normandy, and settled in 1549 as a bookbinder in Antwerp. A bad arm wound seems to have led him (about 1555) to turn to typography.
This bible exhibits the following wonders: 1- excellent typography,
2- impeccable layout of the different language characters IN SYNC!,
3- elegance,
4- legibility.
The Biblia Polyglotta was supported & financed by Philip II of Spain (in spite of clerical opposition). It appeared in eight volumes during 1569-72. 1100 copies were printed.
