Bibliograph

The bookseller of Florence, the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance, Ross King

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The bookseller of Florence, the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance, Ross King

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The bookseller of Florence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

2066996

Responsibility statement

Ross King

Sub title

the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance

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

Target audience

adult

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