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Excerpt from Les Estienne Et les Types Grecs de Francois Ier, Complement des Annales Stephaniennes: Renfermant l'Histoire Complete des Types Royaux, Enrichie d'un Specimen de Ces Caracteres Et Suivie d'une Notice Historique sur les Premiere Impressions Grecques
Quoi qu'il en soit des traditions relatives au dessin des caracteres grecs royaux, il est certain que ces types furent des lors consideres comme les plus beaux qu'on connut. Robert Estienne en eut la garde tant qu'il resta en France, ce qui ne se prolongea guere apres la publication de son Nou veau Testament in - folio de 4550.
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