Antoine Augereau
Antoine Augereau (* 1485 in Fontenay-le-Comte , France, † December 24, 1534 in Paris ) was a type cutter , typographer , bookseller and publisher. At the time of the Renaissance , when everyone in Paris had to fear who contradicted the ideologies and religious models of the higher Parisian clergy, he was a representative of humanism .
In 1510 the famous Claude Garamond became his first apprentice. It may well be that Augereau played a major role in the design of the Garamond Antiqua, but there is no evidence of this. Augereau believed that a new time was in the elevator, and a new time needed a new font. As a book author, he was quickly targeted by the theological doctors of the Sorbonne . As a result of the poster affair , he was condemned by the Parlement of Paris and hanged on December 24, 1534 on Place Maubert and burned at the stake along with his books .
literature
- Anne Cuneo : Garamond's teacher. Antoine Augereau - type cutter, printer, publisher and bookseller. Zurich: Limmat Verlag 2004. ISBN 978-3857914638 (Original: Le Maître de Garamond: Antoine Augereau, graveur, imprimeur, éditeur, libraire , 2002)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Augereau, Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French type cutter , bookseller, typographer and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1485 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fontenay-le-Comte |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1534 |
| Place of death | Paris |