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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899 · London, H. Grevel and co. · leaf 133
ime of RobertEstienne and GeoiTroyTory. Robert Estiennedoes not appear tohave concerned him-self much about thedecoration of theBook. The purityof the text and the characters were essentials withhim, erudition, and not art. He published many worksin Latin and Greek, among them the Thesaurus, agreat… … Fig. 54.—Printing office of Josse Badiusat the commencement of the sixteenthcentury. SIXTEENTH CENTURY ILLUSTRATION. 123 towards the Huguenots; Francis I. took the part ofEstienne, but when that prince died Estienne fled toGeneva, where he was accused of having imported theroyal types. The truth…
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