Hyacinthe-Firmin Didot
French printer and typesetter
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contribution to typography
- In Didot Family
…Didot’s sons, Ambroise-Firmin (1790–1876) and Hyacinthe-Firmin (1794–1880), took over his business when he retired. Their most important publishing venture was an edition of the Thesaurus graecae linguae compiled by Henri Estienne (9 vol., 1855–59). Among the many other important works they published were the 200 volumes comprising the Bibliothèque des…
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