Category: Biographies
Less than twenty years after the introduction of printing at Paris, there was born at Bourges a child of the people, destined to impart to French typography a vigorous artistic impulsion, or, to speak more accurately, to work therein a genuine revolution. Geofroy Tory[9] was b...
On the first page the same border as on the first page of the Hours of 1524-25; the privilege is on the verso. On page A ij recto, another border and an ornamental letter R, aft...
4. PART II.In the first part of this volume I have made cursory mention of some of the books published by Tory, and especially of those which may be said to offer some biographical informa...
2. PART I. BIOGRAPHY.Less than twenty years after the introduction of printing at Paris, there was born at Bourges a child of the people, destined to impart to French typography a vigorous artistic...
5. Part 1 (see pp. 13-14, supra), where the translator has attempted torender it intelligibly in English. As the present section of the book is intended to assist the bibliographer, it seems proper to reproduce it here exactly in its original form.]]
12. Chapter III. Petrarch and Laura are seated in the shade of tall trees, onthe bank of a pond in which two swans are floating. The same two persons are seen farther back, twice repeated, and diminishing in size according to the distance. An architectur...
7. book did not consider himself bound to obtain the author's consent. From[Footnote 290: Hours in quarto in the Bibliothèque Nationale (Brunet, _Manuel de Libraire_, 5th ed. vol. v, col. 1623, no. 197). There is also an edition of 1525 (ibid., no. 198...
6. PART III. ICONOGRAPHY.As I have hitherto called attention to the books that we owe to Tory whether as publisher, as author, or as printer and bookseller, so it will be well to notice those which he e...
3. Part 2, § I, no. 2.[Footnote 20: Germain de Gannay, Ganaye, or Gannaye, son of Nicolas and brother of Jean, Chancellor of France, had become a counsellor in the Parliament of Paris, on the resigna...
15. PART III. ICONOGRAPHY. 141+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber notes: | | | | P. 298. 'M. Wey has forgotton', changed 'forgotton' to 'forgotten'.| | Index:...
10. Chapter IV. In this miniature, Petrarch's face, twice repeated, seems toThe miniature occupies two facing pages, but it forms two distinct pictures. The buildings in the background are arranged in a quasi-Italian style, but are not a reproduction of...
9. Chapter III. The miniature occupies the verso of the title of the chapter.In the foreground are amorous couples discoursing together, some seated, some walking about. The men wear caps with long feathers, as in the bas-reliefs of the hôtel de Bourgthe...
11. Chapter II. Miniature on a single page: the death of Laura. The youngwoman is lying on the bed of death. She is surrounded by her friends, with palms in their hands. Above, in the sky, is seen the form of the Virgin. It is a very pleasing composi...
14. PART II. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 498. Chapter I. A miniature painted on pages 2 and 3, which face each other.It represents the triumph of Love, with a deal of disorder and somewhat licentious details. The G can be seen in the foreground, in the centre of the picture, on the ground.
1. PART I.