An edition of The scythe and the rabbit (2012)

The scythe and the rabbit

Simon de Colines and the culture of the book in Renaissance Paris

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The scythe and the rabbit
Kay Amert, Kay Amert
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An edition of The scythe and the rabbit (2012)

The scythe and the rabbit

Simon de Colines and the culture of the book in Renaissance Paris

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RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press
Language
English

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Subjects

Bibliography, Early printed books, Type and type-founding, Printing, Printers, Type designers, Biography, History

People

Simon de Colines (d. 1546), Estienne family, Geoffroy Tory (ca. 1480-ca. 1533)

Places

Paris, France

Times

16th century

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Table of Contents

Parisian printing in the early sixteenth century : establishing an international idiom
Origins of the French old-style : the roman and italic types of Simon de Colines
Medicine, typography, and Renaissance ideals in early sixteenth-century Paris
Sculpture under the microscope : a closer look at some sixteenth-century letterforms
Duet for the design of letters : the work of Simon de Colines and Geofroy Tory
The humanization of a medieval form : Geofroy Tory's and Simon de Coline's books of hours
The phenomenon of the gros canon : the birth of roman display type in Renaissance Paris
The intertwining strengths of Simon de Colines and his stepson Robert Estienne
The Aldine hypothesis : appraising and reviving early Italian and French printing types.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Rochester, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
686.20944/36109031
Library of Congress
Z232.C69 A44 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
pages cm

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25346366M
ISBN 13
9781933360560
LCCN
2012015268

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16671623W

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