Jean Picard (bookbinder)
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Jean Picard was a French bookbinder and bookseller. He was active in the 1540s.
He is best-known for having bound many books for the bibliophile Jean Grolier. The British Library has a number of books which are catalogued as having been bound by Picard for Grolier around 1540 in Paris.
He managed the Parisian agency of the Aldine Press
until 1547 when he encountered financial problems.
He is best-known for having bound many books for the bibliophile Jean Grolier. The British Library has a number of books which are catalogued as having been bound by Picard for Grolier around 1540 in Paris.
He managed the Parisian agency of the Aldine Press
Aldine Press
Aldine Press was the printing office started by Aldus Manutius in 1494 in Venice, from which were issued the celebrated Aldine editions of the classics . The Aldine Press is famous in the history of typography, among other things, for the introduction of italics...
until 1547 when he encountered financial problems.