Geofroy Tory / Painter and engraver; first royal printer; reformer of orthography and typography under François I.

A detailed scholarly biography and study of a sixteenth-century French painter-engraver who served as royal printer, documenting his life, artistic production, and efforts to reform orthography and typography under François I. The text surveys his engraved decorations, typographic ornaments, borders, letterforms, and printed editions, and includes a systematic bibliography and an extensive iconography with reproductions and commentary on attributions. It also discusses contemporary printing practices and methods used to reproduce the illustrations, and combines descriptive biography, critical analysis, and cataloguing to reassess the artisan's contributions to early modern French book design and print culture.