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Bernard, Auguste
GEOFROY TORY, PAINTER AND ENGRAVER: FIRST ROYAL PRINTER
REFORMER OF ORTHOGRAPHY AND TYPOGRAPHY UNDER FRANCOIS I., AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS.
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Cambridge, The Riverside Press, 1909, cloth-backed gilt decorated green boards
limited to 370 numbered copies, Near Fine
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Translated by George B. Ives.
Printed in an edition limited to 370 numbered copies designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 94). Lacking the slipcase. With the private bookplate of Albert Parsons Sachs on the front pastedown. Minor rubbing to spine ends, else a near fine copy. Geofroy Tory is "one of Rogers's great books...The illustrations...were taken from original Tory books. Photographic prints were made which Rogers retouched or redrew..." (Blumenthal, Bruce Rogers p. 16). Attractively illustrated throughout. Indexed. Riverside Caslon type, with reproductions.
A fine example of Bruce Roger's mastery of typography, design and illustration. For his design of Auguste Bernard's important work on Geofroy Tory - the great French engineer and fine Royal Printer under François I - Rogers re-engraved Tory's original designs and, with few exceptions, rendered them here in their original size.
Prolific engraver Geofroy [Geoffroy] Tory (1480-1533) was primarily responsible for the French Renaissance style of book decoration and played a leading role in popularizing the Roman letter over the prevailing Gothic letter in France. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books... Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB). Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived."
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1909; 4to., cloth-backed gilt decorated green boards; xxii, 332, (8) pages. Book # 140342
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