The Bookseller of Florence  -  Ross King

Ross King

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The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city's artists and architects. But equally important were geniuses of another kind: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars and booksellers. At a time where all books were made by hand, these people helped imagine a new and enlightened world.

At the heart of this activity was a remarkable bookseller: Vespasiano da Bisticci. His books were works of art in their own right, copied by ...
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2022 Uitgever: Ballantine Books 496 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte:  198x129 ISBN-10: 1784709379 ISBN-13: 9781784709372