Simon de Colines
Simon de Colines (* in Gentilly near Paris or from Pont-de-Colines in old Picardy ; † probably 1546) was a French engraver and printer who in the 16th century renewed typography in France based on the Italian model.
Life
Simon de Colines' exact origin is unknown; he came either from Gentilly near Paris or from Pont-de-Colines in old Picardy . Between 1520 and 1546 he worked as a printer in Paris. He had worked with Henri Estienne the Elder. Ä. (* 1470), whose partner and heir he became. After Estiennes death in 1520 he took over his Offizin and married Estienne's widow Guyonne Viart, the former widow of the Parisian printer Jean Higman.
Simon de Colines began as a tailor of stamps and printing types , as a printer he developed, like Geoffroy Tory and Claude Garamond, an antiqua that was regarded as particularly elegant with the aim of removing the typeface from its traditional restrictions based on the pattern of medieval manuscripts . He made the Italian printing types popular in France, especially their italics . Following the example of the Italian Aldus Manutius , Simon de Colines published the texts of the ancient classics for the students in pocket format.
literature
- Simon de Colines: An Annotated Catalog of 230 Examples of his Press, 1520-1546 . Salt Lake City, 1995
- Ph. Renouard: Bibliography des Editions de Simon de Colines, 1520-1546 . Nieuwkoop, 1962
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colines, Simon de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French engraver and printer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Gentilly near Paris or Pont-de-Colines in old Picardy |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1546 |