The scythe and the rabbit : Simon de Colines and the culture of the book in Renaissance Paris

Simon de Colines was one of the greatest typographers, printers and publishers of the Renaissance. He has nevertheless been unfairly neglected. Apart from a pair of scholarly bibliographies, published a century apart, this is the first book-length study of his work. As Robert Bringhurst writes in his introduction to this volume, "Colines as much as anyone built the semiotic structure of the book as we now know it, with its chapter headings and subheads, page numbers and running heads, tables of contents, indices, and source notes. He also cut lucid and beautiful type at a crucial moment: when the Latin and Greek alphabets were still engaged in their historic metamorphosis from manuscript to metal." Parisian Printing In The Early Sixteenth Century : Establishing An International Idiom -- Origins Of The French Old-style : The Roman And Italic Types Of Simon De Colines -- Medicine, Typography, And Renaissance Ideals In Early Sixteenth-century Paris -- Sculpture Under The Microscope : A Closer Look At Some Sixteenth-century Letterforms -- Duet For The Design Of Letters : The Work Of Simon De Colines And Geofroy Tory -- The Humanization Of A Medieval Form : Geofroy Tory's And Simon De Coline's Books Of Hours -- The Phenomenon Of The Gros Canon : The Birth Of Roman Display Type In Renaissance Paris -- The Intertwining Strengths Of Simon De Colines And His Stepson Robert Estienne -- The Aldine Hypothesis : Appraising And Reviving Early Italian And French Printing Types. Kay Amert ; Edited By Robert Bringhurst. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Simon de Colines was one of the greatest typographers, printers, and publishers of the Renaissance. He has nevertheless been unfairly neglected. Apart from a pair of scholarly bibliographies, published a century apart, this is the first book length study of his work. Kay Amerts insightful and informative research of de Colines, edited by Robert Bringhurst, reveals a major study of an important Renaissance figure. This book offers offers insightful and informative research about Simon de Colines, one of the greatest typographers and printers of the Renaissance.