The Palaeotypography of the French Renaissance (2 Vols.)
Selected Papers on Sixteenth-Century Typefaces
Hendrik Vervliet
(Author)
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Product Details
| Publisher | Brill |
| Publish Date | November 27, 2008 |
| Pages | 284 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  |
| EAN/UPC | 9789004169821 |
| Dimensions | 12.0 X 8.6 X 1.6 inches | 5.9 pounds |
BISAC Categories: Literary Fiction,
About the Author
Hendrik D.L. Vervliet, Litt.D. (1955), University of Leuven, was formerly Librarian at the University of Antwerp and Professor of Book History at the University of Amsterdam. He has published a number of works on humanism, bibliography and book history.
Reviews
"There is no other comparable corpus of material on the subject."
Stephen Rawles, University of Glasgow
H-France Review, vol. 9 (July 2009), No. 98.
"Vervliet's Palaeotypography of the French Renaissance provides an extraordinary wealth of information for students of the history of printing types, bibliographers attempting to date, localize or identify the printers of books or ephemera, designers seeking historical models for inspiration, typophiles taking pleasure in the beauty and functional quality of letterforms, and economic and cultural historians trying to understand the manufacture and distribution of printing types, so intimately bound to the intellectual, political, religious and economic development of the western world. It [...] demands the revision of every general history of printing types that has ever been written.
John A. Lane. In: De Gulden Passer, No. 87, Issue 2 (2009).
Stephen Rawles, University of Glasgow
H-France Review, vol. 9 (July 2009), No. 98.
"Vervliet's Palaeotypography of the French Renaissance provides an extraordinary wealth of information for students of the history of printing types, bibliographers attempting to date, localize or identify the printers of books or ephemera, designers seeking historical models for inspiration, typophiles taking pleasure in the beauty and functional quality of letterforms, and economic and cultural historians trying to understand the manufacture and distribution of printing types, so intimately bound to the intellectual, political, religious and economic development of the western world. It [...] demands the revision of every general history of printing types that has ever been written.
John A. Lane. In: De Gulden Passer, No. 87, Issue 2 (2009).
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