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Page from a book printed in italics; 'Epistolae Pauli' from 1522.

Martens, Dirk (drukker/printer)
year: 1522

type: tekstbladzijde
page
detail: nee
related terms: cursieven lettertypen brieven
period: 16e eeuw
classification:
C: Paleografie, letterontwerp, lettertypen, lettergieten, schrift

contents: This typeface is the first italic used in printing in the Netherlands. The letter is probably made by a local type cutter after an Italian model. Already after a year, the printer Dirk Martens has replaced these letters by others of higher quality; italics imported from Germany or Basel.

origineel:
source: Epistolae Pauli. - Leuven: Dirk Martens, 1522. p. o-vi recto
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 231 G 48

©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek




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