Creator
Claude Garamond
Title
Appianvs / romanvm historiam.
Coverage
Paris
Publisher
Charles Estienne
Date
1551
Subject
Folio
Description
he sixteenth century was a golden age for French typography. Among the remarkable accomplishments of the great French punchcutters, Claude Garamond (or Garamont) is unsurpassed. In addition to trend-setting romans and an assortment of italics, Garamond was commissioned by King François I to cut a new Greek font for royal use. The resulting types became known as the grecs du roi.
Originally produced in one medium size, a smaller and larger size were added later. The three sizes comprising the complete grecs du roi appear together for the first time in a double-page spread of this edition of the History of Rome by Appianus.
Originally produced in one medium size, a smaller and larger size were added later. The three sizes comprising the complete grecs du roi appear together for the first time in a double-page spread of this edition of the History of Rome by Appianus.
Relation
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