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- Vespasiano
- Books and reading--Italy--Florence--History--To 1500
- Florence (Italy)--Intellectual life--To 1500
- Printing presses--Italy--Florence--History
- Florence (Italy)--History--1421-1737
- Manuscript design--Italy--Florence--History
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Title Statement | The bookseller of Florence: the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance / Ross King. |
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Author | King, Ross, 1962- |
Publication | [Toronto]: Bond Street Books,[2021]©2021 |
Extent of Item | viii, 481 pages |
ISBN | 0385692978 9780385692977 |
Other Number | 3916796 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | During the Renaissance in Florence, bookseller Vespasiano da Bisticci produced and sold many hundreds of volumes from his bookshop for clients such as popes, kings, and princes. His bookshop was also a meeting place for prominent poets and philosophers. Eventually the printing press threatened his life's work and by 1480 he was swept away by this technological invention. |
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By Topic | Books and reading--History--To 1500--Italy--Florence |
Printing presses--History--Italy--Florence | |
Manuscript design--History--Italy--Florence | |
Booksellers and bookselling--Biography--Italy--Florence | |
Booksellers and bookselling--History--To 1500--Italy--Florence | |
By Name | Vespasiano,1421-1498 |
By Location | Florence (Italy)--Intellectual life--To 1500 |
Florence (Italy)--History--1421-1737 |