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''This article is about the French illustrator; for the 12th-century knight, see Richard le Breton'' Richard Breton (1524 - 1571) was a French publisher of illustrated books in collaboration with François Desprez. ==Biography== Breton, the son of Guillaume Le Breton, was a publisher and book illustrator and bookbinder at the French court for Catherine de' Medici.〔H. Carter & H. G. Vervliet, ''Civilité Types'', (Oxford 1966), p. 25〕 For his printer's mark he used an allegorical figure of Charity holding a Sacred Heart, with a crown, a sceptre, a mitre, and a hoe symbolizing labour.〔G. de Tervarent, (''Attributs et symboles dans l'art Profane'', (Paris 1997) ), pp. 131, 210, 262〕 He collaborated with Philippe Danfrie, adopting Danfrie's musical type in his publications.〔A. Devriès-Lesure, 'Technological aspects,' in R. Rasch, ed., ''Music Publishing in Europe'', vol. 1 (Berlin 2005) p. 70〕 Breton and his partner Francois Desprez bought Danfrie's dies and type in 1559.〔''La Gravure Française à la Renaissance à la Bibliothèque nationale de France'', (Los Angeles 1995), p. 42〕 Breton produced the costume book, ''Recueil de la diversité des Habits qui sont des present en usaige tant es Pays D'Europe, Asie, Afrique, et isles sauvages'', (Paris 1562) with 121 woodcuts, and a dedication to Henry of Navarre by his colleague François Desprez. The first edition was printed in ''civilitié'' type, a special italic typeface used for children's books. Two subsequent editions in Breton's lifetime employed roman type. Breton published the pseudo-Rabelaisian ''Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel'', (Paris 1565), which featured 224 fanciful grotesque figures, and was also a collaboration with François Desprez.〔A. R. Jones, 'A 1562 Costume book,' in (''Yale French studies no 110, Meaning and its Objects'', (Yale 2006) ), pp. 95-121〕 Four illustrations from the ''Songes'' were used on a Scottish Renaissance painted ceiling at Prestongrange, in 1581. A copy of the book was in the library of Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney who died in 1593.〔M. Bath, ''Renaissance Painting in Scotland'', (NMS 2003), pp. 116-8〕 At a time when the sale of Calvinist literature was permitted in France, Breton was active in promoting Protestant literature.〔G. Widenstein, 'L'imprimeur-libraire Richard Breton et son inventaire après décès, 1571,' in ''Bibliotheque d'humanisme et Renaissance 21,''(1959), pp. 364-379〕 Richard married Jeanne Warnier, they had a daughters Jeanne and Anne, and a son Thomas. Richard's sister Nicole Breton married René Guillon, a teacher of ancient languages at the University of Paris.〔D. Pallier, 'Les Victimes,' in (''Le Livre et l'historien, 24'', (Paris 1997) ), pp. 145, 152, 156〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Breton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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