The bookseller of Florence: the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance
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9780802158529
9780802158536
9781666119893
9780802158536
9781666119893
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| Grouping Title | bookseller of florence the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the renaissance |
| Grouping Author | ross king |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-07-12 05:08:38AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-07-12 05:16:08AM |
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King, Ross, 1962-
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"Against the ... backdrop of Renaissance Florence, [this book] 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"--
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381 KING
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Cary Regional
Fuquay-Varina Community
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Middle Creek Community
Morrisville Community
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9780802158529
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2021
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Grove Atlantic
Tantor Media, Inc
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Tantor Media, Inc
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Books and reading -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- To 1500
Booksellers and bookselling -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography
Booksellers and bookselling -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- To 1500
Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737
Florence (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- To 1500
Manuscript design -- Italy -- Florence -- History
Printing presses -- Italy -- Florence -- History
Vespasiano, -- da Bisticci, -- 1421-1498
Booksellers and bookselling -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography
Booksellers and bookselling -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- To 1500
Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737
Florence (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- To 1500
Manuscript design -- Italy -- Florence -- History
Printing presses -- Italy -- Florence -- History
Vespasiano, -- da Bisticci, -- 1421-1498
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The bookseller of Florence : the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance
title_full
The Bookseller of Florence The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
The bookseller of Florence : the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance / Ross King
The bookseller of Florence : the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance / Ross King
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The bookseller of Florence
title_sub
the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance
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Biography & Autobiography
Books and reading
Booksellers and bookselling
History
Intellectual life
Literary Criticism
Manuscript design
Nonfiction
Printing presses
Vespasiano
Books and reading
Booksellers and bookselling
History
Intellectual life
Literary Criticism
Manuscript design
Nonfiction
Printing presses
Vespasiano
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