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Book/Printed Material Manuel typographique, utile aux gens de lettres, & à ceux qui exercent les différentes parties de l'art de l'imprimerie.

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About this Item

Title

  • Manuel typographique, utile aux gens de lettres, & à ceux qui exercent les différentes parties de l'art de l'imprimerie.

Names

  • Fournier, le jeune (Pierre Simon), 1712-1768.
  • Gando, M. (Nicolas), -approximately 1767.
  • Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, illustrator.
  • Barbou, Joseph-Gérard, 1723-1790?, bookseller.
  • Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • A Paris : Imprimé par l'auteur ... & se vend chez Barbou ..., 1764-1766.

Headings

  • -  Type and type-founding--France--Specimens--Early works to 1800
  • -  Printing--France--Specimens--Early works to 1800
  • -  Music printing--France--Early works to 1800
  • -  France--Paris

Notes

  • -  Vol. 1: xxxii, 323, [5] p., 16 folded leaves of plates; v. 2: xliv, 306 p.
  • -  Frontispiece to volume 1 designed by H. Gravelot.
  • -  "Réponse à un mémoire publié en 1766 par mm. Gando, au sujet des caractères de fonte pour la musique": t. 2, p. [289]-306.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1658
  • -  Includes index.
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-04-03 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-21 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 v. : ill., music ; 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z250 .F78
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item F-047, Reel 70 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1982]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.
  • Z250 .F78 Copy 3 Bruce Rogers's copy, bound in gilt-tooled morocco. Bookplate reads: Bequeathed to the library of Purdue University by the late Bruce Rogers. Subsequently owned by the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 06018136

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Chicago citation style:

Fournier, Le Jeune, M Gando, Hubert François Gravelot, Joseph-Gérard Barbou, Bruce Rogers, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection. Manuel Typographique, Utile Aux Gens De Lettres, & À Ceux Qui Exercent Les Différentes Parties De L'art De L'imprimerie. A Paris: Imprimé par l'auteur ... & se vend chez Barbou ..., to 1766, 1764. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/06018136/.

APA citation style:

Fournier, L. J., Gando, M., Gravelot, H. F., Barbou, J., Rogers, B., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection. (1764) Manuel Typographique, Utile Aux Gens De Lettres, & À Ceux Qui Exercent Les Différentes Parties De L'art De L'imprimerie. A Paris: Imprimé par l'auteur ... & se vend chez Barbou ..., to 1766. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/06018136/.

MLA citation style:

Fournier, Le Jeune, et al. Manuel Typographique, Utile Aux Gens De Lettres, & À Ceux Qui Exercent Les Différentes Parties De L'art De L'imprimerie. A Paris: Imprimé par l'auteur ... & se vend chez Barbou ..., to 1766, 1764. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/06018136/>.