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Ostensibly a formal treatise on letters and letterforms, Geofroy Tory’s Champ Fleury is a marvelously personal work that reveals much about the experiences, perceptions, and attitudes of the prototypical Renaissance man. Taken literally, champ fleury means "flowery fields"; written as a single word, it is an old French idiom for "paradise." Tory clearly chose the title to connote the variety of ideas rooted in his everyday experience as a scholar, editor, scribe, illuminator, and bookseller. Tory’s analysis of letters, for instance, was not limited to their construction and visual presentation, but also included larger issues of language and literature. This Octavo Edition includes a commentary, bibliographical notes, and complete images of the original 1529 work and of the 1927 translation designed by Bruce Rogers. Commentary by Kay Amert.
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Imaged from The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection of the Library of Congress
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Text: French
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- PublisherJohnson Reprint Corp
- ISBN 10 0854092099
- ISBN 13 9780854092093
- BindingHardcover
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Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York, 1970
ISBN 10: 0854092099
ISBN 13: 9780854092093
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint Edition. An ex-library copy in red cloth lettered in gold. The usual ex-libris markings. The binding is sound, the text is clean, and there is little cover wear. No dust jacket. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 039377
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