Belarmino de Mattos: the Didot of the maranhense press in the empire

ABSTRACT

This article discusses the personal and professional trajectory of Berlarmino de Mattos, a typographer who worked in the Province of Maranhão in the eighteen hundreds and in view of the quality of his prints - books, newspapers, leaflets, etc. - received the code name Didot Maranhense. This study is characterized as documentary-historical, supported by the foundations of the New Cultural History. Mattos, besides performing the art activities of Gutemberg defended his professional category when founding the Maranhense Tipographic Association, in 1853. It is considered that this research brings important and fertile contributions to the History of the Press, Book and Reading in Brazil.

KEYWORDS:
History of the press; Typography; Maranhão - Empire; Belarmino de Mattos