Chapter 8

8–1. Louis Simonneau, master alphabets for the Romain du Roi

8–2. Louis Simonneau, construction of the letters G and H for the Romain du Roi

8–3. Philippe Grandjean, specimen of Romain du Roi

8–4. Pierre Simon Fournier le Jeune

8–5. Pierre Simon Fournier le Jeune, title page for Ariette, mise en musique (Short Aria, Set to Music)

8–6. Pierre Philippe Choffard, pages from Contes et nouvelles en vers, by Jean de La Fontaine

8–7. Pierre Simon Fournier le Jeune, title pages from Manuel typographique, volume 1

8–8. Pierre Simon Fournier le Jeune, pages from Manuel typographique

8–9. George Bickham the Elder, title page for The Universal Penman

8–10. John Pine, page from Opera Horatii, volume 2

8–11. William Caslon, broadside type specimen

8–12. Benjamin Franklin (printer)

8–13. John Baskerville, the Gravestone Slate, undated

8–14. John Baskerville, title page for Vergil’s Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis (Pastorals, Georgics, and the Aeneid)

8–15. John Baskerville, title page from John Milton’s Paradise Lost

8–16. John Baskerville, title page from An Apology for the True Christian Divinity by Robert Barclay

8–17. John Baskerville, title page from Terence, Comoediae

8–18. John Baskerville, pages 156 and 157 from Terence, Comoediae

8–19. William Playfair, Chart no. 1 from A Letter on Our Agricultural Distresses

8–20. William Playfair, Chart no. 3 from A Letter on Our Agricultural Distresses

8–21. Louis René Luce (designer) and Jean Joseph Barbou (printer), ornaments page from Essai d’une nouvelle typographie

8–22. Giambattista Bodoni, type specimen title page from Fregi e Majuscole

8–23. Giambattista Bodoni, title page from Manuale tipografico

8–24. Giambattista Bodoni, page from Manuale tipografic

8–25. Pierre Didot, title page for Lettres d’une Péruvienne (Letters of a Peruvian)

8–26. Pierre Didot, title page for Vergil’s Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis (Pastorals, Georgics, and the Aeneid)

8–27. Pierre Didot, pages from Vergil’s Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis

8–28. Pierre Didot, title page for Petit Caréme de Massilon, by Évêque de Clermont

8–29. Pierre Didot, title page for Galerie du Palais Royal

8–30. William Blake, title page from The Book of Thel

8–31. William Blake, title page from America, a Prophecy

8–32. Thomas Bewick, pages from the General History of Quadrupeds