FOURNIER Pierre-Simon dit le jeune. A useful typographical m - Lot 30

FOURNIER Pierre-Simon dit le jeune. A useful typographical manual for people of letters and for those who practice the various of the art of printing. Paris, printed by the Author and sold at Barbou, 1764-1766; 2 vol. in-12 of xxxij ff. including a frontispiece, 333 p., [2] ff. 16 folded plates; frontispiece, [1] f., xliv p., [1] f., 250 p. of reproductions with framed text, pages 251 to 306, contemporary bindings in fawn calf, gilt fillets, smooth spines entirely decorated with gilt scalloped designs, brown parts, inner gilt lace, red edges, slipcase. THE MOST FAMOUS TYPOGRAPHICAL MANUAL AND ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FRENCH BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Still considered unequalled, it contains detailed instructions on the manufacture of printing type, from the cutting of punches to the moulding of types, accompanied by 16 ENGRAVED PLATES ON COPPER AND REPLICATED EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS. The second volume offers 250 pages of reproductions of specimens of the different French and foreign types, of vignettes, of musical signs engraved by Fournier and forming his collection, this one considerable. The vignettes and characters are here in their novelty. Fournier's style will dominate European printing for the rest of the century. WITH 2 FRONTISPIECES, ONE BY GRAVELOT, THE OTHER BY DE SÈVE. A fine copy in attractive contemporary bindings. - Small marginal tear on page 75 without missing.