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Guyot, François. [Type specimen]

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Creator
Guyot, François, d. ca 1570
Date
[ca. 1565]
Location
Antwerp,  Belgium
Media format
Printed text
Extent
1 sheet ([1] p.)

Language
Latin
Size
39 x 31 cm
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Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 262877
Folger call number: STC 7758.3 v.3 no.6
Folger holdings ID: 348255
Notes
General notes

Type specimen sheet attributed to François Guyot. Typefaces include canon roman, double pica in roman and italic, great primer italic, and pica roman and italic Title devised by cataloger For the attribution to Guyot, date, and place of publication see Dreyfus, J. Type specimen facsimiles v.1, p. 1 Also available in digital reproduction

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001-2002. The Reader Revealed (catalog entry 14)

Item information about Folger STC 7758.3 v.3 no.6

Ruled in red. Manuscript inscriptions listing prices for matrices (some cropped). At upper left margin: "Justifyed with instrument and all that [t]h[er]to belongethe 22 gylden makethe £ij xiijs. iiij d." The individual typefaces are noted with manuscript letters "a" through "e" with prices listed. Was fol. 122 of Dyson before re-housing. For a full description of this collection see record for STC 7758.3

Subjects
Printing
Related names
author: Guyot, François, d. ca 1570
former owner: Dyson, Humphrey, -1633

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