Author : Denis Vincent Reidy
Release : 1993
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Italian Book 1465-1800 by : Denis Vincent Reidy
Download or read book The Italian Book 1465-1800 written by Denis Vincent Reidy. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The introduction of printing in Italy coincided with the flowering of the Renaissance in Europe. Enterprising printers established themselves in many towns, and a complex interrelated network of authors, suppliers and booksellers developed to serve the expanding market both at home and throughout Europe. The Italian Book 1465-1800 addresses a host of issues and problems, which three centuries of the history of the book in Italy, present for modern researchers, in essays written by scholars in the field of historic bibliography. The volume is published in honour of Dennis E. Rhodes, retired Deputy Keeper in the British Library, and a prolific contributor to scholarly study of printing in Italy.