The Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp is one of the best places in Europe to learn about early printing. Christopher Plantin (ca. 1520-1589) ran one of the largest printing businesses of his time. He is especially known for the printing of the polyglot bible (1573), which featured the text of the bible in several languages, side by side. Today the museum has wonderful collections of type, cases, presses, artifacts, and books. Here we see the inner courtyard of the museum, facing the rooms used as a bookstore, and a press used to print from copper plates.
