The palaeotypography of the French Renaissance : selected papers on sixteenth-century typefaces, volume I / Hendrik D.L. Vervliet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vervliet, Hendrik D. L.

Series:

Library of the written word ; 6.

Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 4.

Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; v. 6

The handpress world ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Type and type-founding--France--History--16th century.

Type and type-founding.

Type and type-founding--France--Specimens.

Type designers--France--History--16th century.

Type designers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (584 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of thirteen essays examines sixteenth-century type design in France. Typefaces developed during this period were to influence decisively the typography of the centuries which followed, and they continue to influence a great many contemporary typefaces. The papers' common goal is to establish the paternity of the typefaces described and critically to appraise their attributions, many of which have previously been inadequately ascribed. Such an approach will be of interest to type historians and type designers seeking better-documented attributions, and to historians, philologists, and bibliographers, whose study of historical imprints will benefit from more accurate type descriptions. The papers and illustrations focus on the most important letter-cutters of the French Renaissance, including Simon de Colines, Robert Estienne, Claude Garamont, Robert Granjon, Pierre Haultin, and also include a number of minor masters of the period.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / H.D.L. Vervliet

Introduction / H.D.L. Vervliet

Early Sixteenth-Century Parisian Roman Types / H.D.L. Vervliet

Simon De Colines, Punchcutter; 1518–1546 / H.D.L. Vervliet

The Printing Types Of The Young Robert I Estienne; 1526–1530 / H.D.L. Vervliet

Robert Estienne’S Printing Types / H.D.L. Vervliet

Garamont’S Canons: Roman Type Design In Sixteenth-Century France / H.D.L. Vervliet

The Young Garamont: Roman Types Made In Paris In The 1530s / H.D.L. Vervliet

Roman Types / Robert Granjon

Printing Types Of Pierre Haultin; C. 1510–1587 / H.D.L. Vervliet

Preliminary Material / H.D.L. Vervliet

Early Paris Italics; 1512–1549 / H.D.L. Vervliet

The Italics Of Robert Granjon / H.D.L. Vervliet

Greek Typefaces Of The Early French Renaissance: The Predecessors Of The Grecs Du Roy / H.D.L. Vervliet

Greek Printing Types Of The French Renaissance: The ‘Grecs Du Roy’ And Their Successors / H.D.L. Vervliet

Cyrillic and Oriental Typography In Rome At The End Of The Sixteenth Century: An Inquiry Into The Later Work Of Robert Granjon; 1578–1590 / H.D.L. Vervliet

List Of Typefaces Cited Or Discussed / H.D.L. Vervliet

References / H.D.L. Vervliet

Index / H.D.L. Vervliet.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-506) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-06122-8

9786613061225

90-474-4296-2

OCLC:

706489176

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004169821.i-574 DOI