Download or read book The Palaeotypography of the French Renaissance (2 vols.) written by Hendrik Vervliet and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-11-30 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of thirteen essays examines sixteenth-century type design in France. The papers focus on the great names of sixteenth-century typography, such as Simon de Colines, Robert Estienne, Claude Garamont, Robert Granjon and Pierre Haultin, and also include a number of minor masters of the period.