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King, Ross, 1962-
Subjects
Vespasiano, da Bisticci, 1421-1498.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- To 1500.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography.
Manuscript design -- Italy -- Florence -- History.
Printing presses -- Italy -- Florence -- History.
Books and reading -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- To 1500.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance.
Renaissance -- Italy.
Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence.
Florence (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- To 1500.
Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737.
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King, Ross, 1962-
Vespasiano, da Bisticci, 1421-1498.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- To 1500.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography.
Manuscript design -- Italy -- Florence -- History.
Printing presses -- Italy -- Florence -- History.
Books and reading -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- To 1500.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance.
Renaissance -- Italy.
Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence.
Florence (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- To 1500.
Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737.
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The
bookseller
of
Florence
: the
story
of the
manuscripts
that
illuminated
the
Renaissance
/ Ross King.
by
King, Ross, 1962-
Bond Street Books, 2021.
Call #:
940.21092 K54b
Subjects
Vespasiano, da Bisticci, 1421-1498.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Italy --
Florence
-- History -- To 1500.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Italy --
Florence
-- Biography.
Manuscript design -- Italy --
Florence
-- History.
Printing presses -- Italy --
Florence
-- History.
Books and reading -- Italy --
Florence
-- History -- To 1500.
Illumination of books and
manuscripts
,
Renaissance
.
Renaissance
-- Italy.
Renaissance
-- Italy --
Florence
.
Florence
(Italy) -- Intellectual life -- To 1500.
Florence
(Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737.
ISBN:
9780385692977 (hc.)
Description:
viii, 481 p. : ill. (some col.), maps
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Against the endlessly rich and fascinating backdrop of
Renaissance
Florence
, 'The
Bookseller
of
Florence
' brings to light an extraordinary
story
about the city and its culture -- that of Vespasiano da Bisticci, the king of the world's booksellers,
Florence
's most indispensable and prolific merchant of knowledge. His bookshop in the heart of
Florence
was a gathering place for the city's most prominent poets and philosophers, and it was there that Vespasiano and his team of scribes created beautiful
illuminated
manuscripts
for their clients, a cast of powerful popes and wealthy European princes. But in 1476, as Vespasiano began working on one of his most famed and gorgeous works, the Urbino Bible, the printing press came to
Florence
and threatened his life's work. The
Bookseller
of
Florence
tells the
story
of the people at the forefront of the world's greatest cultural and technological revolution. It explores the clash between old and new and the way it can produce an explosion of fresh ideas, and is the definitive tome on one of the world's most transformative moments in time."--From publisher.
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