Heir of a famous Printing Establishment,
Nicolas Catherinot, noble Citizen of Bourges,
Counsellor of the King, and Senator, in the Metropolis of Bourges,
From his tender Years uninterruptedly to the present Day
Most closely associated with the Business of Printing,
Wrote this Epitaph, hastily and rapidly, at the End of November,
MDCLXXXIV.[169]
The only relic that we have of Tory to-day, outside of his books and works of art, is a volume from his library, as his signature in the genitive case indicates. It is a manuscript on vellum, containing the orations of Cicero against Verres, in Latin. This volume was acquired, presumably after Tory's death, by his patron Jean Grolier, who wrote his motto at the end of the text: 'Joannis Grolierii Lugdunensis et amicorum.' From the library of this illustrious bibliophile, the manuscript passed to Colbert's library, then to the king's. It is preserved to-day [1857] in the Bibliothèque Nationale. We give below a facsimile of Tory's signature, which appears on the first flyleaf:—
