An edition of The 1621 specimen of Jean Jannon (1927)

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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An edition of The 1621 specimen of Jean Jannon (1927)

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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H. Champion
Language
English
Pages
17

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Subjects

Imprimerie nationale (France), Printing, Specimens, Type and type-founding

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Claude Garamond (d. 1561)
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Cover of: The 1621 specimen of Jean Jannon
The 1621 specimen of Jean Jannon: Paris & Sedan, designer & engraver of the caractères de l'Université now owned by the Imprimerie nationale, Paris
1927, Maggs Bros.
in English
Cover of: The 1621 specimen of Jean Jannon
The 1621 specimen of Jean Jannon: Paris & Sedan, designer & engraver of the caractères de l'Université now owned by the Imprimerie Nationale, Paris
1927, Maggs Bros
in English
Cover of: The 1621 specimen of Jean Jannon
The 1621 specimen of Jean Jannon: Paris & Sedan, designer & engraver of the caractères de l'Université now owned by the Imprimerie nationale, Paris
1927, H. Champion
in English

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Edition 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 caractères novvellement taillez. [Printer's device] À Sédan, par Iean Iannon Imprimeur de l'Académie. M.DC.XXI.

Rare Book copy: No. 3. Inscribed "To Henry Lewis Bullen from his admiring disciple "Paul Beaujon" (Beatrice Warde)."

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Classifications

Library of Congress
Z250 .J34

The Physical Object

Pagination
17 p., pl., 1 l.
Number of pages
17

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44940477M
LCCN
31021114
OCLC/WorldCat
16386605

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