Figure 34
Type used for first Bible printed in France: Frieburger, Gering, and Kranz, Paris
From Claudin’s Histoire de l’Imprimerie en France au XVe et au XVIe Siècle
1476
A new font, of letters larger in size than any of these previous types, was cut for the imposing Bible which they issued in 1476—the first Bible printed in France. The type is a heavy, rounded gothic, but capitals are roman, a feature not so inharmonious in effects as would be expected.