Fournier

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1. Overview

France. By 1737 - 19th c. Pierre Simon Fournier (aka Simon Pierre Fournier, Fournier le jeune) 1712-1768.

2. Specimen Books

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Fournier. Manuel Typographique Tome I. (1764)

Fournier [le jeune], Pierre Simon [aka Simon Pierre]. Manuel Typographique, Tome I. Paris: Imprimé par l'Auteur, M.DCC.LXIV. This is a local copy of the Google Books digitization of the Oxford University copy. See the ../../ Typemaking -> Bibliography for information on Harry Carter's 1930 translation of Fournier into English, and reprints of it.

Volume I of the Manuel Typographique (this volume) is a treatise on typefounding, not a specimen book.

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Fournier. Manuel Typographique Tome II (1766)

Fournier [le jeune], Pierre Simon [aka Simon Pierre]. Manuel Typographique, Tome II. Paris: Imprimé par l'Auteur, M.DCC.LXVI. This is a local copy of the Google Books digitization.

Volume II of the Manuel Typographique (this volume) is a specimen book, not a treatise on typefounding.

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