L'Apothéose du dictionnaire de l'Académie, et son expulsion de la région céleste [microforme]

Chastein, fl. 1696, Furetière, Antoine, 1619-1688, Richelet, Pierre, 1631-1698 · 1696 · La Haye : A. Leers · 5 pictures

A 1696 satirical pamphlet printed at The Hague by A. Leers, attributed to Chastein and aimed at the Académie française and its dictionary, with rival lexicographers Furetière and Richelet named in its record. The pages are dense, close-set text in two columns with running heads, small section titles and an engraved anagram plate with a rayed central medallion, and a designer could borrow their compact typographic hierarchy, ornamental rules and tight justified columns.

Académie française

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