Champ fleury.

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4.65 Tory.jpg

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.