LEADER 04511cam a2200601 i 4500001 99124744523506421 005 20221219215444.0 008 210315s2021 nyuabf b 001 0beng^^ 010 2021009816 020 9780802158529 |q(hardcover) 020 0802158528 020 |z9780802158536 |q(ebook) 035 |n(MLS)2982357 035 (NjP)12474452-princetondb 035 (OCoLC)on1242946925 035 |z(NjP)Voyager12474452 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dRB0 |dBDX |dWIM |dOQX |dJAS |dIK2 |dLMJ |dYU6 |dWIQ |dCLE |dTH8 |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dJTH 042 pcc 043 e-it--- 050 00 Z340.V48 |bK56 2021 082 00 381/.45002092B |223 100 1 King, Ross, |d1962- |eauthor. 245 14 The bookseller of Florence : |bthe story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance / |cRoss King. 250 First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. 264 1 New York : |bAtlantic Monthly Press, |c2021. 300 481 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations (some color), map ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings-the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers, who blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and diffusion of ancient knowledge, imagined a new and enlightened world. At the heart of this activity, which bestselling author Ross King relates in his exhilarating new book, was a remarkable man: Vespasiano da Bisticci. Born in 1422, he became what a friend called "the king of the world's booksellers." At a time when all books were made by hand, over four decades Vespasiano produced and sold many hundreds of volumes from his bookshop, which also became a gathering spot for debate and discussion. Besides repositories of ancient wisdom by the likes of Plato, Aristotle, and Quintilian, his books were works of art in their own right, copied by talented scribes and illuminated by the finest miniaturists. His clients included a roll-call of popes, kings, and princes across Europe who wished to burnish their reputations by founding magnificent libraries. Vespasiano reached the summit of his powers as Europe's most prolific merchant of knowledge when a new invention appeared: the printed book. By 1480, the king of the world's booksellers was swept away by this epic technological disruption, whereby cheaply produced books reached readers who never could have afforded one of Vespasiano's elegant manuscripts. A chronicle of intellectual ferment set against the dramatic political and religious turmoil of the era, Ross King's The Bookseller of Florence is also an ode to books and bookmaking that charts the world-changing shift from script to print through the life of an extraordinary man long lost to history-one of the true titans of the Renaissance"-- |cProvided by publisher. 600 00 Vespasiano, |cda Bisticci, |d1421-1498. 600 07 Vespasiano, |cda Bisticci, |d1421-1498. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00226497 650 0 Booksellers and bookselling |zItaly |zFlorence |vBiography. 650 0 Booksellers and bookselling |zItaly |zFlorence |xHistory |yTo 1500. 650 0 Publishers and publishing |zItaly |zFlorence |xHistory |yTo 1500. 650 0 Printing |xHistory |xOrigin and antecedents. 650 0 Manuscripts, Renaissance |zItaly |zFlorence. 650 7 Booksellers and bookselling. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00836492 650 7 Early printed books. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00900645 650 7 Illumination of books and manuscripts. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00967235 650 7 Renaissance. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01094518 651 0 Florence (Italy) |xIntellectual life |yTo 1500. 651 0 Florence (Italy) |xHistory |y1421-1737. 651 7 Italy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204565 651 7 Italy |zFlorence. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204699 655 0 Biography. 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 980 |i30.00 |j27.90 |n2982357 982 |bFY21 |n2021 |q32101112793706 986 |hZ340.V48 |iK56 2021