| LC control no. | n 84077767 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Didot, Firmin, 1764-1836 |
| Other standard no. | 000 000121014397 |
| Located | Paris (France) |
| Birth date | 1764-04-14 |
| Death date | 1836-04-24 |
| Place of birth | Paris (France) |
| Place of death | Mesnil-sur-L'Estrée (France) |
| Field of activity | Printing Publishing Engraving Type and type-founding |
| Affiliation | Imprimerie impériale (France) |
| Profession or occupation | Printers Bookselling and booksellers Engravers Typographers |
| Found in | Bourguignon, F. Résume et conclusions de M. Fréderic Bourguignon ... 1808: t.p. (M. Firmin Didot) Glaister, G.A. Glossary of the book, 1979 (Didot, Firmin, second son of Françoise-Ambroise Didot) Bigmore and Wyman: v. 1, p. 178 (Firmin Didot, second son of F.A. Didot and brother of Pierre Didot; b. Paris 4-14-1764; d. 4-24-1836) English Wikipedia, viewed August 29th, 2024 (Firmin Didot, born April 14th, 1764 in Paris, died April 24th, 1836 in Mesnil-sur-L'Estrée was a French printer, engraver, and type founder. Didot was appointed by Napoleon as the director of the Imprimerie Impériale typefoundry; Firmin Didot is credited with establishing the use of the Didone or "Modern" style of serif typefaces, many fonts today are available based on Firmin Didot's typefaces, and are often called Didot as a result) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmin_Didot> |
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