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DIDOT , the name of a family of learned French printers and publishers. FRANcoIS DIDOT (1689-1757), founder of the family, was born at Paris. He began business as a bookseller and printer in 1713, and among his undertakings was a collection of the travels of his friend the Abbe Prevost, in twenty volumes (1747). It was remarkable for its typographical perfection, and was adorned with many engravings and maps. FRANCOIS AMBROISE DIDOT (173o-18o4), son of Francois, made important improvements in type- founding
paper . Among the works which he published was the famous collection of French classics prepared by order of Louis XVI. for the education of the Dauphin, and the folio edition of L'Art de verifier les dates
founding
paper -making. Among the works which issued from his press
Horace and Racine. The Racine, in three volumes folio, was pronounced in 18o1 to be " the most perfect typographical production of all ages." FIRMIN DmoT (1764-1836), his brother, second son off Francois Ambroise, sustained the reputation of the family both as printer and type-founder. He revived (if he did not inventa distinction which in order of time belongs to William Ged) the process of stereotyping, and coined its name, and he first used the process in his edition of Callet's Tables of Logarithms (1795), in which he secured an accuracy till then unattainable. He published stereotyped editions of French, English and Italian classics at a very low price. He was the author of two tragediesLa Reine de Portugal and La Mort d'Annibal; and he wrote metrical translations from Virgil, Tyrtaeus and Theocritus. AMBROISE FIRMIN DIDOT (1790-1876) was his eldest son. After receiving a classical education, he spent three years in Greece
East
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against Turkish tyranny. Besides a translation of Thucydides (1833), he wrote the articles Estienne " in the Nouvelle Biographie generale, and " Typographie " in the Ency. mod., as well as Observations sur l'orthographie fran(aise (1867), &c. In 1875 he published a very learned and elaborate monograph on Aldus Manutius. His collection of MSS., the richest in France, was said to have been worth, at the time of his death, not less than 2,000,000 francs. End of Article: DIDOT If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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