The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)
Author:
Published:
Grove Atlantic 2021
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
ISBN:
9780802158536
Status:
Available from OverDrive
Description
The New York Times–bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome captures the Renaissance spirit in this biography of "the king of the world's booksellers."
During the Renaissance, Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers 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, Vespasiano produced and sold many hundreds of volumes from his bookshop, which also became a gathering spot for debate and discussion. 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, he 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 thrilling chronicle of intellectual ferment set against the dramatic political and religious turmoil of the era, Ross King's brilliant 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.
"A dazzling, instructive and highly entertaining book." —The Wall Street Journal
During the Renaissance, Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers 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, Vespasiano produced and sold many hundreds of volumes from his bookshop, which also became a gathering spot for debate and discussion. 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, he 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 thrilling chronicle of intellectual ferment set against the dramatic political and religious turmoil of the era, Ross King's brilliant 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.
"A dazzling, instructive and highly entertaining book." —The Wall Street Journal
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Details
Street Date:
04/13/2021
Language:
English
ASIN:
B08Z5ZNXRM
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Ross King. (2021). The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance. Grove Atlantic.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ross King. 2021. The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance. Grove Atlantic.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ross King, The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance. Grove Atlantic, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ross King. The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance. Grove Atlantic, 2021.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 2 | 2 |
| Eagle Valley Library District | 0 | 0 |
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
e79b5ce8-525c-425e-0ca2-cd1905f1bde5
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Jun 10, 2021 11:40:50
Date Updated:
Mar 11, 2023 05:23:56
Last Metadata Check:
May 01, 2024 06:11:07
Last Metadata Change:
Apr 14, 2024 11:57:09
Last Availability Check:
May 01, 2024 06:11:20
Last Availability Change:
Dec 19, 2022 07:14:45
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Apr 30, 2024 20:56:12
OverDrive Product Record
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2363-1/{9501B491-6991-4334-A773-9C9B5DE4FABF}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2363-1/{9501B491-6991-4334-A773-9C9B5DE4FABF}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2363-1/{9501B491-6991-4334-A773-9C9B5DE4FABF}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2363-1/{9501B491-6991-4334-A773-9C9B5DE4FABF}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780802158536
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B08Z5ZNXRM
- name: Kindle Book
- id: ebook-kindle
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780802158536
- name: OverDrive Read
- id: ebook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- mediaType
- eBook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Ross King
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- The Bookseller of Florence
- dateAdded
- 2021-06-10T15:11:00Z
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=162&titleID=6175028
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: Marmot Library Network (CO)
- id: 1201
- sortTitle
- Bookseller of Florence The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
- crossRefId
- 6175028
- subtitle
- The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
- id
- 9501B491-6991-4334-A773-9C9B5DE4FABF
- starRating
- 4
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2363-1/{9501B491-6991-4334-A773-9C9B5DE4FABF}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2363-1/{9501B491-6991-4334-A773-9C9B5DE4FABF}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2363-1/{9501B491-6991-4334-A773-9C9B5DE4FABF}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2363-1/{9501B491-6991-4334-A773-9C9B5DE4FABF}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- formats
- fileName: TheBooksellerofFlore_9780802158536_6175028
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 88086594
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780802158536
- rights:
- type: Copying
- value: 0
- type: Printing
- value: 0
- type: Lending
- value: 0
- type: ReadAloud
- value: 1
- type: ExpirationRights
- value: 0
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- onSaleDate: 2/22/2023
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9501b491-6991-4334-a773-9c9b5de4fabf&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: TheBooksellerofFlore_6175028
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B08Z5ZNXRM
- name: Kindle Book
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-kindle
- onSaleDate: 2/22/2023
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9501b491-6991-4334-a773-9c9b5de4fabf&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: TheBooksellerofFlore_9780802158536_6175028
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780802158536
- name: OverDrive Read
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 2/22/2023
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9501b491-6991-4334-a773-9c9b5de4fabf&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: King,Ross
- bioText: Ross King is the award-winning and bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome, Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, The Judgment of Paris, Mad Enchantment, Leonardo and the Last Supper, and Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power, among other books. He and his wife live in Woodstock, Great Britain.
- name: Ross King
- imprint
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- subjects
- value: Biography & Autobiography
- value: History
- value: Nonfiction
- publishDate
- 2021-04-13T00:00:00-04:00
- publishDateText
- 04/13/2021
- mediaType
- eBook
- shortDescription
- The New York Times–bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome captures the Renaissance spirit in this biography of "the king of the world's booksellers."
During the Renaissance, Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers 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, Vespasiano produced and sold many hundreds of volumes from his bookshop, which also became a gathering spot for debate and discussion. His clients included a roll-call of popes, kings, and princes across Europe who wished to burnish their reputations by founding magnificent... - isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- The Bookseller of Florence
- fullDescription
- The New York Times–bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome captures the Renaissance spirit in this biography of "the king of the world's booksellers."
During the Renaissance, Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers 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, Vespasiano produced and sold many hundreds of volumes from his bookshop, which also became a gathering spot for debate and discussion. 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, he 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 thrilling chronicle of intellectual ferment set against the dramatic political and religious turmoil of the era, Ross King's brilliant 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.
"A dazzling, instructive and highly entertaining book." —The Wall Street Journal - sortTitle
- Bookseller of Florence The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
- crossRefId
- 6175028
- subtitle
- The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
- popularity
- 1026
- publisher
- Grove Atlantic
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1ByAAAAA2r/products/9501b491-6991-4334-a773-9c9b5de4fabf/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- self:
- id
- 9501b491-6991-4334-a773-9c9b5de4fabf
- starRating
- 4
- bisacCodes
- code: BIO007000
- description: Biography & Autobiography / Literary
- code: HIS020000
- description: History / Europe / Italy
- code: HIS037020
- description: HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance
