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other editions of Horac issued during Tory's lifetime T illustrations
similar to those of the first edition -> one of 1527
in 8 vo printed by Colines; one in 4 to of the same
year T borders "à la moderne," printed by S. Du Bois;
a third in 16 mo of 1529 (1530 modern style) possibly
printed by Tory himself, and G 4th, a reprint of the
1st edition T some new designs.

His finest creations are the Book of Hours of 1527 & the following years.

Geoffroy Tory (c 1480-1533) created a new style in Books of Hours T
that which he designed in 1525 & which was printed by Simon
de Colimes. In this the decorative element predominates rather
than religious inspiration. Tory became a licensed printer in
1529, & the 1st book from his press was a 16 mo Book of Houses
date 8 Feb. of that year. In 1531 Oliver Mallard took over
the printing house of Tory, who died 2 years later.
1531- At Paris, Gilles de Gourmont printed the Champ Fleury
of G. Troy. The work is in a treatise, part mythological & part
geometrical, upon the proportions of the inscriptional lettering
of ancient Rome. The figures in Champ Fleury are the work
of Tory himself, though we do not know whether he engraved
them. Although he illustrated comparatively few books, Tory
had a great influence on the French school of engraving.