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Henri Estienne
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Henri Estienne (1528 – 1598), also known as "Henricus Stephanus", was a 16th-century Parisian printer and classical scholar. He was the eldest son of the great Robert Estienne (1503–59). Some sources say Estienne was born in 1531.
Quotes
Si jeunesse savoit; si viellesse pouvoit.
If youth knew; if age could.
Épigramme 4, Les Prémices, book 4
Attributed
Pardonez-moy lecteur si ie parle si gras, estant contraint de m'accommoder au propos que ie traite.
Quoted as one of several epigraphs to Pisanus Fraxi's Centuria Librorum Absconditorum (1879), p. [v]
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Category:People from Paris
Category:Classical scholars
Category:1598 deaths
Category:Businesspeople from France