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July '75
Argonaut 7.50

Pacifico Novarese (Revised bt Gabriel Brebia)
Sommola de Pacifica concienza
24 March 1479 - Milan - Philippus de Levagnia

Venedig - Nicholas Jenson

Jenson (c. 1420-1480) born in France (Sommeraine) - became master of the mint at
Tours - printer & publisher from 1470-80 in roman, gothic & greek types - died in Rome, having been called there by Pope Sixtus IV in 1475 when he honored Jenson & his work by creating (?) a Count Balatine.

Eusebius: De Evangelion Praeparations 1470 Venice
Diomedes: De Arte Grammatica 1480 Subiaco

Vol. 5 p165 Cat. of brit. Museum - first appears as a printer in 1470 in which year he produced 4 books.
His press was very active in 1471, much less as in the next few
years, but in 1475 resumed its steady output & continued until
19 July, 1480, shortly before Jenson's death, which appears to
have taken place in the following Sept. Books containing his
name were issued up to the end of 1481 by the firm of Johannes
became Jenson's partner a few months before his death - de Colonia & Nicolaus Jenson, in which he had been a partner.

Cicero, Marcus Jullius. Epistolae ad Atticum Brutum Quintum
(106-43 B.C.) fratrem cum Attici Vita - 1470

Type 84G test type & plain capitals - in use in 1474, 75
cut down to 75mm in 1476 in which state it
was called Type 6 by Proctor (not reproduced)

- between 1470 & 1480 he printed some 150 books
- 1491 produced a Greek Type - 1473 a gothic font.

Z 239 N 25 B 93 f Buller, Henry - Nicolas Jenson (Bender)
3 enlist Venetian printers -> John of Windelin, John of Speyer & Jenson.

The 1st trace Roman Type design was probable that of Adolph
Rusch & used by him in Strasburg in an undated book (before 1464)
2nd that of (?) & Pannartz, 1st used by them in 1467 in Rome
3rd Johannes de Spira who introduced the act of
printing in Venice in 1469. In the following year 1490
Jenson began to print his unsurpassed Roman Type.
issued nearly 200 books (1470-80.)

Aldus' monument was his italic types.

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