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French Renaissance Printing Types
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Published by the Bibliographical Society, the Printing Historical Society, and Oak Knoll Press, 2010.
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471
French Renaissance Printing Types

French Renaissance Printing Types

A Conspectus

Hendrik D L Vervliet

A survey of all Roman, Italic, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic typefaces made in France during the sixteenth century, describing the evolution of type-casting and letter-engraving and the methodology used. Illustrated with facsimiles of 409 typefaces with detailed descriptions including their first appearance in books or type specimens"