| | Year | | Event | Keyword |
| | 1546 | | Farnese. The Farnese Hours manuscript produced in Rome for | FARNESE |
| | Alessandro Cardinal Farnese. Presently in the Pierpont Morgan |
| | Library, New York |
| | 1546 | | Elzevier, Louis, d.1617, founder of Elzevier Press and publishing | ELZEVIER |
| | office (originally from Louvain, worked with Plantin in Antwerp and |
| | later settled in Leyden) |
| | 1549 | | Book of Common Prayer, first complete edition in England. | COMMON PRAYER |
| | 1550 | | Oxford library plundered by soldiers of Edward VI | OXFORD LIBRARY |
| | 1553 | | Marguerite de France, d.1615. Wife of Henry IV of France, important | MARGUERITE DE FRANCE |
| | book collector amongst others items from library of Duke de Berry |
| | 1553 | | Ferrara Bible printed by Abraham ibn Usque | FERRARA |
| | 1553 | | Ferrara Bible printed by Abraham ibn Usque | BIBLE, FERRARA |
| | 1553 | | Queen Mary acquired the 14th century psalter (English psalter with | QUEEN MARY'S PSALTER |
| | 223 tinted drawings). Now in the British Library |
| | 1556 | | Civilite, designed by Robert Granjon. | GRANJON |
| | 1558 | | Mistress of Henry II, lobbied successfully for a passage of an | POITIERS, DIANA DE |
| | ordinance that required French publishers to present copies of |
| | every book they issued to the libraries of Blois and Fontainebleau. |
| | 1563 | | Hondius, Jodocus, d.1612, Dutch map engraver | HONDIUS |
| | 1569 | | Polyglot Bible, printed by Plantin between 1569 and 1572 for Philip II | POLYGLOT |
| | of Spain |
| | 1569 | | Plantin, Polyglot Bible | BIBLE, POLYGLOT |
| | 1569 | | Plantin, Polyglot Bible | PLANTIN |
| | 1570 | | Ortelius. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, famous atlas by Abraham Ortelius | THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM |
| | 1570 | | Fanfare, until 1640, book cover decoration developed in France | FANFARE |
| | (interlacing ribbons) |
| | 1570 | | Fanfare, until 1640, book cover decoration developed in France | BINDING |
| | (interlacing ribbons) |
| | 1571 | | Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, d.1638. Map engraver, bookseller, printer of | BLAEU |
| | Amsterdam |
| | 1571 | | Cotton, Sir Robert, d.1631. famous London manuscript collector, one | UTRECHT PSALTER |
| | of the early owners of the Utrecht Psalter |
| | 1580 | | Jannon, Jean, d.1658, Geneva, punch cutter, type founder and | JANNON |
| | printer, worked in Sedan, France. |
| | 1584 | | Wagoner. Publication of 'Spiegel der Zeevaerdt' printed in Leyden by | PLANTIN |
| | Plantin, see charts by Waghenaer. From his name was the term |
| | Wagoner for see charts derived |
| | 1584 | | Ruette, Mace, d.1644, Parisian master binder and court binder | RUETTE |
| | 1584 | | Wagoner. Publication of 'Spiegel der Zeevaerdt' printed in Leyden by | SPIEGEL DER ZEEVAERDT |
| | Plantin, see charts by Waghenaer. From his name was the term |
| | Wagoner for see charts derived |
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