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Robert Ballard, engraving by Claude du Flos, 1713, after a portrait by Lefevre
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Robert Ballard

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  • Robert Ballard, engraving by Claude du Flos, 1713, after a portrait by Lefevre
    In Ballard Family

    …founder of the dynasty was Robert Ballard (d. 1588), brother-in-law to the celebrated lutenist and composer Adrian Le Roy. These two used movable type, cut in 1540 by Robert’s father-in-law, Guillaume Le Bé (or du Gué). Their first patent was granted in 1552 as sole music printers to Henry II.…

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