. Printing and the renaissance : a paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York / by John Rothwell Slater. began to be evidentin the time of his son Robert. After Henris death his business was for a time carriedon by his widows second husband, Simon Colines, ascholar and humanist of brilliant attainments. Bothwhile at the head of the house of Stephanus and laterwhen he had withdrawn from that in favor of RobertEstienne his stepson and set up a separate pubHshingbusiness, Colines added much to the prestige of Frenchprinting. He caused Greek fonts to be cast, not inferiorto thos
. Printing and the renaissance : a paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York / by John Rothwell Slater. began to be evidentin the time of his son Robert. After Henris death his business was for a time carriedon by his widows second husband, Simon Colines, ascholar and humanist of brilliant attainments. Bothwhile at the head of the house of Stephanus and laterwhen he had withdrawn from that in favor of RobertEstienne his stepson and set up a separate pubHshingbusiness, Colines added much to the prestige of Frenchprinting. He caused Greek fonts to be cast, not inferiorto those of the Venetian printers, and began to publishthe Greek classics in beautiful editions. It was Cohnes,rather than either the elder or the younger Estienne, whoelevated the artistic side of French printing by engagingthe services of such famous typographical experts asGeofroy Tory, and adding to his books illustrations of the highest excellence, as well as decorative initials andborders. Indeed it may be said that after the death ofAldus supremacy in the fine art of book-making gradu-ally passed from Venice to The greatest of the Estiennes was Robert, son of HenriEstienne and stepson of Colines, who was in control ofthe house from 1524 to his death in 1559. The very firstbook he published was an edition of the Latin Testa-ment. Although following in the main the Vulgate or 19 official Bible of the Roman Church, he introduced cer-tain corrections based on his knowledge of the Greektext. This marked the beginning of a long controversybetween Estienne and the orthodox divines of the Sor-bonne, which lasted almost throughout his life. In fol-lowing years he published many editions of the Latinscriptures, each time with additional corrections, andeventually with his own notes and comments, in somecases attacking the received doctrines of the Church. AHebrew Old Testament, in 1546, was followed in 1550by the Greek New Testament. The next year he publisheda new edition of the
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