WSJ’s Top Book Recommendations-Cary Regional

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1. The bookseller of Florence: the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance

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Author:
King, Ross, 1962-
Average Rating:
5 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"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...