Colines, Simon de

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Colines, Simon de (sēmôN` də kôlēn`), d. 1546, Parisian printer. He was associated with the elder Henri Estienne Henri Estienne, d. 1520, who was by 1502 established as a printer in Paris. Before his death more than 100 books, some of them of great typographic beauty, had issued from his press. His foreman, Simon de Colines , succeeded him and married his widow.
..... Click the link for more information. and continued his work. Colines used elegant roman and italic types and a Greek type, with accents, that was superior to its predecessors. He is believed to have designed some of his types; some were designed by Geofroy Tory Tory, Geofroy (zhôfrwä` tôrē`), c.1480–1533, Parisian printer, typographer, and author, b. Bourges.
..... Click the link for more information. . His books, often small in format, are superbly crafted.

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