Pre Industrial Era

Renaissance

Period: 1300 to 1600

Time spans are approximate!

Johann Gutenberg - Gutenberg Bible

1455

42 Line Bible
Mainz, Germany
1455 Image Location:
https://cdn.britannica.com/s:700x450/16/76516-004-CFC08F81.jpg

Mainz Psalter

1457

Johann Fust & Peter Schöffer
(Image shown is 2nd Edition) Image Location:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Mainz_psalter_%28Fust_and_Schoeffer%29.jpg

Nicolas Jenson - Evangelica Praeparatio

1470

1470
Nicolas Jenson
Evangelica Praeparatio
Veneta in Urbe
Jenson-Eusebius Typeface Image Location:
https://www.smu.edu/-/media/Site/Bridwell/Exhibitions/InventionDiscovery/Authors/06290Eusebius_1000.jpg?as=1&h=417&la=en&w=300&hash=519E978F79D6D0C6EC34F5D77EEB9F03082DFF9C
More Information:
https://www.smu.edu/Bridwell/SpecialCollectionsandArchives/Exhibitions/InventionDiscovery/15thCenturyAuthors/Eusebius

Nuremberg Chronicle - Venice

1493

Nuremberg Chronicle
Venice Spread
Handcoloured Woodcut
Wellcome Collection Gallery Image Location:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/H._Schedel%2C_Liber_chronicarum%3B_cityscape_of_Venice._Wellcome_L0021262.jpg/1600px-H._Schedel%2C_Liber_chronicarum%3B_cityscape_of_Venice._Wellcome_L0021262.jpg
More Information:
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/dv52vkb4?query=L0021262

Aldus Manutius - De Aetna, Bembo Typeface

1495

Aldus Manutius
De Aetna
Bembo Typeface Image Location:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/De_Aetna_1495.jpg/1600px-De_Aetna_1495.jpg

Martin Luther - New Testement

1522

Woodcuts of the Apocalypse by the Master Image:
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R58G96/a-scribe-writing-das-newe-testament-deutzsch-translated-by-martin-m-lotther-wittemberg-september-1522-a-scribe-writing-and-an-angel-image-taken-from-das-newe-testament-deutzsch-translated-by-martin-luther-with-woodcuts-of-the-apocalypse-by-the-master-sometimes-identified-as-hans-cranach-few-ms-notes-originally-publishedproduced-in-m-lotther-wittemberg-september-1522-source-c36g7-ai-language-german-R58G96.jpg

Claude Garamond - Fros Canon Romain Typeface

1570

Claude Garamond
Gros Canon Romain Typeface
(adopted by Hendrik van den Keere) Image Location: https://s3.amazonaws.com/classconnection/903/flashcards/6974903/jpg/2-15770FF47FB4DFB1F9D-thumb400.jpg

Abraham Ortelius - World Map ("Typvs Orbis Terrarvm")

1570

NL
Abraham Ortelius
World Map ("Typvs Orbis Terrarvm")
Library of Congress Image Location:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/OrteliusWorldMap1570.jpg/640px-OrteliusWorldMap1570.jpg
More Information:
https://blog.oup.com/2012/05/ortelius-publishes-first-world-atlas/

Enlightenment

Period: 1650 to 1800

Time spans are approximate

Romain du Roi - Philippe Grandjean

1692

Romain du Roi
Philippe Grandjean
Specimen published 1692
First book published in 1702
Médailles sur les Principaux Evènements de la Regne de Louis le Grande
Image Location:
http://luc.devroye.org/RomainDuRoi-1692.jpg
More information:
http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-89919.html

William Caslon - A Specimen

1734

William Caslon
A Specimen Image Location:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/A_Specimen_by_William_Caslon.jpg/912px-A_Specimen_by_William_Caslon.jpg
More Information:
http://typefoundry.blogspot.com/2007/12/caslon-tomb-at-st-lukes-old-street.html

Benjamin Franklin - Join, or Die

1754

Benjamin Franklin Campaign
US
Political Cartoon - Pennsylvania Gazette 1754 Image Location:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die.jpg/1600px-Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die.jpg
More information:
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002695523/

John Baskerville - The Works of Mr William Congreve

1761

John Baskerville
The Works of Mr William Congreve
Birmingham Image Location:
http://library.rit.edu/cary/sites/library.rit.edu.cary/files/18th_1.jpeg
More Information:
http://library.rit.edu/cary/works-mr-william-congreve

Manuel Typographie vol. 1

1766

Manuel Typographie vol. 1
Pierre SImon Fournier
Paris Image Location:
https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/410/51613/24544581_1_x.jpg?version=1&width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=50
More Information:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/24544581_fournier-pierre-simon-manuel-typographique

Bodoni Typeface

1780

Giambattista Bodoni
Bodoni Typeface
Plautus Image Location:
http://library.rit.edu/cary/sites/library.rit.edu.cary/files/imagecache/imagedb-preview_340xA/sites/library.rit.edu.cary/files/18th_15.jpeg
More Information:
http://library.rit.edu/cary/i-treoboli-commedia-di-m-accio-plauto

William Playfair - UK - First Infographic

1786

William Playfair
UK
First Infographic Time-Balance Time-Series Chart
The Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary Image Location:
http://scihi.org//wp-content/uploads/2014/09/PlayfairInfographics1.jpg

The Times - UK Newspaper Masthead

1788

The Times
UK Newspaper Masthead
January 1. 1788 Image Location:
https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Columnists/Columnists/2010/11/30/1291123430447/The-Times---first-issue-1-007.jpg

Kitagawa Utamaro - Young Woman with Black Teeth Examining her Features in a Mirror

1792

Ten Facial Types of Women
1792 - 1793 Image Location:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00527/AN00527173_001_m.jpg
More Information:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=784455&partId=1&orig=/research/online_research_catalogues/russian_icons/catalogue_of_russian_icons/advanced_search.aspx&numpages=10&output=Terms/!!/OR/!!/17000/!//!/bijin/!//!!//!!!/&currentPage=2

Unger-Fraktur Typeface

1793

Johann F. Unger
Unger-Fraktur Typeface Image Location:
http://luc.devroye.org/UngerFraktur=Lowercase.gif
More Information:
http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-33289.html

Firmin Didot - Oeuvres de Jean Racine

1801

First edition of Oeuvres de Jean Racine Image Location:
http://campbellcreative.com/content/uploads/2015/05/CC_BLOG_TT-DIDOT2.jpg