Dirk Imhof

Dirk Imhof (born 1961) is a Belgian bookhistorian, author, and museum curator specializing in rare books and rare maps of Renaissance Europe.

Life

He was born in 1962. He is a Belgian citizen of Flemish ethnicity. His father was an employee of Belgacom, the Belgian telecom company. He is married to Karen Lee Bowen, an American citizen.

Career

Imhoff graduated from the University of Ghent. He currently works as a curator of the rare books and archives at the Plantin-Moretus Museum, a world heritage site in Antwerp, Belgium.

Bibliography

Imhoff has published in both Dutch (his native language) and English. His books have received mostly positive reviews. His books include:

• Christopher Plantin and Engraved Book Illustrations in Sixteenth-Century Europe (with Karen L. Bowen, Cambridge University Press, 2008)
• Jan Moretus and the Continuation of the Plantin Press (2 vols., Brill, 2014)
• Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) In de ban van de klassieke oudheid (with Hildegard Van de Velde, Museum Rockoxhuis, 2015)

External links

• Erfgoed van Industrie en Techniek [12]
• Oxford University Press [13]

📰 Article(s) of the same category(ies)

• Hendrik de Moy
• Pieter Ballon

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