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crich70 · 03-06-2015, 01:41 PM

I understand that when he died copies of his pocket editions were buried with him. And Italic type gets its name from the fact that he was Italian and he did his printing in Italy.

03-06-2015, 01:41 PM	#4
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	I understand that when he died copies of his pocket editions were buried with him. And Italic type gets its name from the fact that he was Italian and he did his printing in Italy. Last edited by crich70; 03-12-2015 at 10:44 PM.