The Bookseller of Florence
Vespasianno da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance
Editorial Vintage UK
Fecha de edición abril 2022 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9781784709372
496 páginas
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
Dimensiones 131 mm x 196 mm
Resumen del libro
In the mid-1400s, Vespasiano da Bisticci's bookshop in Florence was said to contain all the wisdom of the world. Vespasiano and his team of scribes and illuminators produced exquisite manuscripts for popes and princes across Europe, rediscovering and disseminating some of the most significant texts from classical antiquity. But in 1476 a new technology arrived in Florence. The convent of San Jacopo di Ripoli, a community of Dominican nuns on the other side of the city, acquired a printing press from a bankrupt German printer.
