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Appendix 5
The Plantinian Printing Office:
Presses in Operation, 1564-17651.
| 1564: 2 - 3 - 4 -5 | 1585: 6 - 1 | 1606: 6 - 7 |
| 1565: 5 - 6 | 1586: 3 | 1607: 7 - 6 |
| 1566: 7 | 1587: 6 | 1608: 6 |
| 1567: 5 | 1588: 6 | 1609: 6 - 7 |
| 1568: 6 | 1589: 4 | 1610: 7 |
| 1569: 10 | 1590: 4½ - 4 | 1611: 7 |
| 1570: 9 | 1591: 4 | 1612: 7 |
| 1571: 11 | 1592:? | 1613: 7 |
| 1572: 13 | 1593: 4½ - 5 | 1614: 9 |
| 1573: 12 | 1594: 5 | 1615: 9 |
| 1574: 16 | 1595: 5 | 1616: 9 |
| 1575: 15 | 1596: 5½ | 1617: 9 |
| 1576: 15 - 1 - 2 | 1597: 5½ | 1618: 9 |
| 1577: 3 | 1598: 5½ | 1619: 9 |
| 1578: 6 | 1599: 5½ | 1620: 9 |
| 1579: 5 | 1600: 5½ | 1621: 9 |
| 1580: 7 | 1601: 5½ - 5 | 1622: 9 - 11 |
| 1581: 8 | 1602: 5 | 1623: 11 |
| 1582: 7 | 1603: 5 | 1624: 11 |
| 1583: 10 | 1604: 6 | 1625: 11 |
| 1584: 6 | 1605: 6 | 1626: 11 - 10 |
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| 1627: 10 | 1668: 11 | 1709: 8 |
| 1628: 10 - 9 - 6 | 1669: 11 | 1710: 8 |
| 1629: 6 - 7 - 8½ | 1670: 11 | 1711: 8 |
| 1630: 8 | 1671: 11 | 1712: 8 |
| 1631: 9 | 1672: 11 - 10 | 1713: 8 - 9 - 11 |
| 1632: 9 | 1673: 10 - 10½ | 1714: 11 - 10 - 9 |
| 1633: 8 | 1674: 10 - 10½ | 1715: 9 |
| 1634:? | 1675: 10½ - 10 - 9½ | 1716: 8½ - 8 |
| 1635:? - 6 | 1676: 9½ | 1717: 8 - 7½ - 7 |
| 1636: 6 - 3 | 1677: 9½ | 1718: 7 - 8 |
| 1637: 6 | 1678: 9½ - 8 | 1719: 8 - 8½ - 9 |
| 1638: 6 | 1679: 6 - 7 - 8 | 1720: 9 |
| 1639: 7 | 1680: 9½ - 11 | 1721: 10 |
| 1640: 9 | 1681: 11 | 1722: 10 - 11 |
| 1641: 9 | 1682: 11 | 1723: 12 - 11 |
| 1643: 9 | 1683: 11 | 1724: 11 |
| 1643: 9 - 10 | 1684: 11 - 10½ | 1725: 11 - 10 |
| 1644: 10 | 1685: 10 | 1726: 10 |
| 1645: 7 | 1686: 10 | 1727: 10 - 9 |
| 1646: 7 | 1687: 10 - 11 | 1728: 9½ - 9 - 8 |
| 1647: 7 - 7½ | 1688: 11 | 1729: 8 |
| 1648: 7½ - 11 | 1689: 12 - 11 | 1730: 8 |
| 1649: 11 | 1690: 11 | 1731: 8 - 9 |
| 1650: 11 | 1691: 11 | 1732: 10 - 11 |
| 1651: 11 | 1692: 11 | 1733: 11 |
| 1652: 11-7 | 1693: 11-10 | 1734: 11 |
| 1653: 7 - 8 | 1694: 10 - 9 | 1735: 11 |
| 1654: 8 - 9 | 1695: 8 | 1736: 11 |
| 1655: 9 - 10 | 1696: 8 - 9 | 1737: 11 |
| 1656: 10 - 8 | 1697: 9 | 1738: 11 - 10 |
| 1657: 8 | 1698: 9 - 10 | 1739: 10 - 9 |
| 1658: 8 | 1699: 10 - 10½ -11 | 1740: 9 |
| 1659: 8 | 1700: 11 | 1741: 9 |
| 1660: 8 | 1701: 11 | 1742: 9 |
| 1661: 8 | 1702: 11 | 1743: 9 - 8½ |
| 1662: 8 - 9 | 1703: 11 | 1744: 8½ - 4 |
| 1663: 9 - 11 | 1704: 11 | 1745: 4 (?) |
| 1664: 11 | 1705: 10½ - 10 | 1746: 4 - 3 |
| 1665: 11 | 1706: 10 - 9 | 1747: 2 |
| 1666: 11 | 1707: 9 - 6 - 8 - 8½ | 1748: 2 - 3 |
| 1667: 11 | 1708: 8½ - 6 - 8 - 7 | 1749: 3 |
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| 1750: 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 | 1755: 8 | 1761: 6½ |
| 1751: 7 - 8 | 1756: 8 | 1762: 6½ - 6 |
| 1753: 8 | 1757: 8 | 1763: 5½ - 6 |
| 1753: 8 | 1758: 8 - 6 | 1764: 6 - 5 |
| 1754: 8 | 1759: 6 | 1765: 6 - 3 |
| 1760: 7 - 7½ - 6½ |
1.For the period 1564-89, cf. R. de Roover, ‘The business organisation of the Plantin Press’ in Gedenkboek der Plantin-dagen, 1956, p. 239. The data for the subsequent years were compiled from the pay-rolls: Arch. 789 (1590-94), 779 (1594-1602), 777 (1603-10), 778 (1610-16), 773 (1617-24), 774 (1624-38), 775 (1638-52), 776 (1652-66), 790 (1666-76), 324 (1676-78), 325 (1678-82), 341 (1682-88), 791 (1689-99), 792 (1700-O9), 793 (1710-50), 794 (1755-1820). - The numbers given indicate in principle the situation in the beginning of the year. More than one number for a given year reflect the fluctuations in the course of that period.
