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The 1621 specimen of Jean Jannon, Paris & Sedan, designer & engraver of the caractères de l'Université now owned by the Imprimerie nationale, Paris
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Title
The 1621 specimen of Jean Jannon, Paris & Sedan, designer & engraver of the caractères de l'Université now owned by the Imprimerie nationale, Paris; edited in facsimile, with an introduction by Paul Beaujon.
Published
Paris, H. Chamion, 1927.
Physical Description
17 p., pl., 1 l., facsim. (10 l.), 1 l. 25 cm.
Local Notes
SML, AOB: "This is no. 28."
Notes
Label on cover and half-title: The type specimen of Jean Jannon ...
"One hundred and fifty copies printed at the Chiswick Press, London, May 1927."
"Evidence to show that 'Garamond' ... is not ... a sixteenth-century design but rather a seventeenth century development of the French renaissance letter ... cut by a ... printer founder in Sedan [Jean Jannon]"--p. 8.
The facsimile has title: Esprevve des caracteres novvellement taillez. [Printer's device] A Sedan, Par Iean Iannon, Imprimeur de l'Academie, M.DC.XXI.
Variant and related titles
Type specimen of Jean Jannon
Esprevve des caracteres novvellement taillez.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
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Chiswick Press.
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