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The scythe and the rabbit Simon de Colines and the culture of the book in Renaissance Paris

Title
The scythe and the rabbit [electronic resource] : Simon de Colines and the culture of the book in Renaissance Paris / written by Kay Amert ; edited by Robert Bringhurst.
Author
Amert, Kay.
Publication
Rochester, New York : RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors
Bringhurst, Robert.
Description
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Scythe and the rabbit (Online)
Alternative Title
Scythe and the rabbit (Online)
Subject
  • Colines, Simon de, 1480?-1546
  • Colines, Simon de, 1480?-1546 > Bibliography
  • Tory, Geoffroy, approximately 1480-approximately 1533
  • Estienne family
  • Printing > France > Paris > History > 16th century
  • Type and type-founding > France > History > 16th century
  • Early printed books > France > Paris > 16th century > Bibliography
  • Printers > France > Biography
  • Type designers > France > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2012015268
OCLC
ssj0001457858
Author
Amert, Kay.
Title
The scythe and the rabbit [electronic resource] : Simon de Colines and the culture of the book in Renaissance Paris / written by Kay Amert ; edited by Robert Bringhurst.
Imprint
Rochester, New York : RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Bringhurst, Robert.
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