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Page of a book printed in civilité type; 'Den uutersten wille van Lowijs Porquin'.

Tavernier, Ameet (drukker/printer)
year: 1590

type: tekstbladzijde
page
detail: nee
related persons: Porquin, Lowijs
related terms: civilité lettertypen
period: 16e eeuw
classification:
C: Paleografie, letterontwerp, lettertypen, lettergieten, schrift

contents: The first civilité-letter was cut in 1557 by the Frenchman Robert Granjon. Afterwards, he established himself for a couple of years in Antwerp, where his typefaces were used by Antwerp printers such as Willem Silvius and Christopher Plantin. In 1558, the type cutter Ameet Tavernier produced his own civilité, and that was the first in a list of Dutch variations on the typeface which was frequently used up to well into the eighteenth century. In general, this typeface was used for works in the vernacular; such as devotional works, instructions for the young or pamphlets and proclamations.

origineel:
source: Den uutersten wille van Lowijs Porquin. In dichte ghestelt by Anthonius Verensis. - Amsterdam: Lourens Jacobszoon, 1590. p. 120
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1704 A 17

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




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