| Year | | Event | Keyword |
| 1584 | | Wagoner. Publication of 'Spiegel der Zeevaerdt' printed in Leyden by | WAGONER |
| Plantin, see charts by Waghenaer. From his name was the term |
| Wagoner for see charts derived |
| 1584 | | Wagoner. Publication of 'Spiegel der Zeevaerdt' printed in Leyden by | WAGHENAER |
| 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 | BINDING |
| 1589 | | Plantin's death | PLANTIN |
| 1590 | | Cathach Psalter, attributed to St.Columba, Irish manuscript. | CATHACH |
| 1593 | | Philippines, The first book printed in Manilla: Doctrina Christiana | PHILIPPINES |
| (Unique copy in Lessing J.Rosenwald collection) |
| 1594 | | Leipzig book fair | LEIPZIG |
| 1596 | | Jansson, Joannes, d. 1664, Dutch printer and publisher, famous for | JANSSON |
| his atlases |
| 1600 | | Naude, Gabriel, d.1653, librarian to Cardinal Mazarin. | MAZARIN |
| 1601 | | Dijck, Christoffel van, d.1669, Amsterdam punch cutter, in 1673 his | DIJCK, ELZEVIER |
| foundry was acquired by Daniel Elzevier |
| 1602 | | Oxford library reestablished by Queen Elizabeth's statesman | OXFORD LIBRARY |
| Thomas Bodley |
| 1603 | | Digby, Sir Kenelm, d.1665, donor of the Bodleian Library | BODLEIAN |
| 1618 | | Blaeu firm, renown for their atlases, active from 1618 to 1672 | BLAEU |
| 1620 | | Uppsala University founded and books were presented to the | UPPSALA UNIVERSITY |
| university library by Gustavus Adolphus (many of the collections he |
| took from Riga and Prussia and South Germany) |
| 1620 | | Janson, Anton, d.1687. Dutch type founder, trained in Amsterdam | JANSON |
| by Christophel Plantin |
| 1623 | | Vaillant, Wallerant, d.1677, Dutch artist active in mezzotint technique | VAILLANT |
| 1623 | | Vaillant, Wallerant, d.1677, Dutch artist active in mezzotint technique | MEZZOTINT |
| 1626 | | Facsimile. first facsimile edition by Plantin, 16th century | FACSIMILE |
| Martyrologium Hieronymianum (engraved on copper plates) |
| 1627 | | Naude, Gabriel. In building their libraries Richelieu and Mazarin | NAUDE |
| received considerable assistance from their librarian Naude, who |
| published 1627 the book 'Advis pour dresser une bibliotheque' |
| 1629 | | Blaeu Atlases made between 1629 and 1662. | BLAEU |
| 1634 | | Bodleian library, see: Digby, Sir Kenelm | BODLEIAN |
| 1640 | | Blooteling, Abraham, d.1690. Developed mezzotint (invented in 1642 | BLOOTELING |
| by Ludwig von Siegen) |
| 1640 | | Blooteling, Abraham, d.1690. Developed mezzotint (invented in 1642 | MEZZOTINT |
| by Ludwig von Siegen) |
| 1640 | | Imprimerie Royale du Louvre established at the instigation of | IMITATIONE CHRISTI |
| Richelieu, first book published 'De Imitatione Christi' |
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