The printed book, its history, illustration, and adornment, from the days of Gutenberg to the present time (1887)
Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899 · London, H. Grevel and co. · leaf 132
ariesby King Francis as the royal printer. This princehad ordered to be engraved for him by Claude Gara-mond, after the design of Ange Vergece, the firstcutter of matrices of his time, a special Greek cha-racter in three sizes, which was used in 1544 tocompose the Ecclesiastical History of… … 122 THE PRINTED BOOK. that Estienne kept these characters in his own officefor use in the royal editions; they may now be seenin the Imprimerie Nationale at Paris. Robert Estienne married the daughter of Josse Radius,of Asch—Badius Ascencianus, one of the first Parisiantypographers of the time. We…
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