Figure 36
Lettre Batarde used in the first book printed in French: Bonhomme, Paris
From Claudin’s Histoire de l’Imprimerie en France au XVe et au XVIe Siècle
1477
At first introduced in rather a crude form, it developed into a beautiful letter, principally, if not always, used for the printing of French. It was in type of this family that the first book in French printed at at Paris, viz., Croniques de France, was produced by Bonhomme about 1477.