Creator
Tory, Geoffroy.
Title
Champ fleury.
Coverage
Paris
Publisher
Geoffroy Tory
Date
1529.
Description
French bookseller, engraver, and printer Geoffroy Tory (ca. 1480–1533) studied at the universities of Rome and Bologna, where he developed an appreciation for the roman letterforms of the Italian Renaissance. In Champ fleury,Tory discusses the history of roman letterforms, and compares their proportions with the ideals of the human face and figure.
Source
Purchased by Council order in 1889 for $50.