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They were cut and cast by Firmin Didot my brother with very satisfactory success. Duprat, ‘Extrait du décret impérial du 24 mars 1809 concernant l’organisation de l’Imprimerie impériale’, Précis historique sur l’imprimerie nationale et ses types, Paris: Librairie orientale de Benjamin Duprat, 1848, pp. 35. 3-4. See Première exposition publique des produits de l’industrie française.

Notwithstanding refining and christening them in prestigious publications according to a now long-established familial tradition, Firmin was also still selling them, but in a more conspicuous way, as he had already begun in 1816 to print and circulate broadside specimen sheets. Chaudon, F. A. Delandine, Nouveau dictionnaire historique ou histoire abrégée de tous les hommes…, Lyon: Bruyset aîné et Cie, 1804, tome cinquième, p.

P. Didot, ‘Prospectus des Œuvres de Racine’, Notice des différents ouvrages imprimés et qui se trouvent chez P. DIDOT l’aîné, à Paris, aux galeries du Palais national des Sciences et Arts, rue des Orties, 1798–9, p. My translation.

After a number of postponements, the first volume of the Racine was released in August 1801.

Furthermore, several new series of titling capitals, with unprecedented extreme contrast, bring a sharp striking tone to the layout of the book. [36]

36. [34]
34. A. Firmin-Didot, 1852, in Duprat, 1861, p. 33.
While Pierre continued Didot l’aîné’s ‘Collection des auteurs classiques françois et latins’, he started to define a much more ambitious project: a new series of limited-run, lavish Latin and French classics, illustrated with engraved prints made from drawings of the young artists of the rising Neoclassical scene.

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And according to Ambroise, they could not match Firmin’s previous achievements:
My father often devoted a full week to a single punch of the Racine that he was altering and starting again oftentimes. A. Firmin-Didot, Essai sur la typographie, Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, 1851, p. Its activities span from the exclusive online distribution of its retail type for design professionals, to the creation of custom typefaces for the industrial, luxury, and media sectors.
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Firmin benefited from this decision and was officially appointed Chief of punchcutting and founding on 10 April 1809. [3]
3. de A. Lainé et J. Havard (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Firmin-Didot (Firm): Maître d'hôtel français (Paris : De L'imprimerie de Firmin Didot, imprimeur du roi et de l'Institut, rue Jacob, no 24, MDCCCXXIII [1823], 1823), also by M.

    A. Carême, Jean-Charles-Michel Barreau, and Auguste Hibon (page images at HathiTrust)

  • Firmin-Didot (Firm): Mexique et Guatemala (Firmin Didot frères, éditeurs, imprimeurs-libraires de l'Institut de France, rue Jacob, no 56, 1843), also by Philippe François de La Renaudière and Frédéric Lacroix (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Firmin-Didot (Firm): Monographie de la cathédrale de Bourges.

    My translation.

    • Initially released in three successive parts between January and June 1798, Virgil’s Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis was finally issued as a complete volume, comprising 23 plates made after the designs of Gérard and Girodet.

    firmin didot freres jacques

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    15. My translation.

    He cut these types not only with care and talent, but also with passion.