Gryphius

Gryphius, SEBASTIAN, a famous printer, born at Rentlingen, in Swabia, in 1493. He came as a youth to Lyons, and died there in 1556, having between 1528 and 1547 issued above 300 works, notable for their accuracy and the large clear type in which they were printed. Gryphius preferred a large bold Italic type. Amongst the more noted works are the fine Latin Bible of 1550, and Dolet's Commentaria Linguæ Latineæ (1536). The original German spelling of the Latinised name Gryphius is Gryph, the French Gryphe. The well-known emblem on Gryphius's publications is a griffin. Gryphius's sons, Antoine and François, were also famous French printers.