Geofroy Tory, peintre et graveur, premier impremeur royal, réformateur de l'orthographe et de la typographie sous François 1er...
Paris: Librairie Tross, 1865. Second--and best--edition (originally published in 1857, here much enlarged and revised), 8vo, pp. [4], viii, 410, [1]; decorative initials, borders, devices, and other figures in text throughout; contemporary quarter art vellum over marbled paper-covered boards, brown sheep label lettered in gilt on spine, the original drab printed paper wrappers bound in; light to moderate wear to extremities, the art vellum somewhat soiled, and the spine label just beginning to flake; overall a very good copy. An exhaustive work in three parts: biography, bibliography, and "Iconographie." The standard reference for the man who introduced accents, the apostrophe, and the cedilla to the printing of the French language. Item #29747
Price: $250.00
