Excerpt from Theodore Low De Vinne: Printer This book has grown out of a desire to put into permanent form the expressions of love, appreciation and esteem which came from friends, business associates, and the outside world, upon the death on February 16, 1914, of Theodore Low DeVinne. As too pretentious a volume would have been distasteful to Mr. DeVinne, it has not been possible to find room for all of the numerous tributes to his memory, deeply appreciated though they are by his family and by the Company which bears his name. The work of selection has been guided by a desire to show, without needless repetition, the breadth of Mr. DeVinne's interests and influence, and the affectionate admiration and emulation which it was his rare gift to inspire in those with whom he came in contact. After a careful study of the types of the early printers, Mr. DeVinne selected the type devised by Franz Renner of Venice, and first used by him in his edition of the "Quadragesimale" of 1472. Using it as his model, he designed a new type, combining legibility with marked grace of form, which he named Renner. This type, embodying the results of his mature judgment, has been chosen for this memorial. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.