Bound in Venice : the serene republic and the dawn of the book /

Bound in Venice : the serene republic and the dawn of the book / Alessandro Marzo Magno ; translated from the Italian by Gregory Conti.

"Venice in the fifteenth century is the mercantile and cultural capital of the world. There, the first printers, publishing houses and bookstores open for business. Among the innovators who are driving these new cultural enterprises, one remarkable visionary, Aldus Manutius, stands head and sho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marzo Magno, Alessandro (Author)
Other Authors: Conti, Gregory, 1952- (Translator)
Other title:Alba dei libri. English
Serene republic and the dawn of the book.
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Published: New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2013.
Subjects:
Manuzio, Aldo, > 1449 or 1450-1515 > Fiction.
Printing > Italy > Venice > History > 15th century > Fiction.
Publishers and publishing > Italy > Venice > History > 15th century > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Venice, book capital of the world
  • Aldus Manutius, the Michelangelo of books
  • The first Talmud
  • The lost Koran
  • Armenians and Greeks
  • The wind from the East
  • Geography and war
  • Music publishing
  • Cures for the body: medicine, cosmetology, and gastronomy
  • Pietro Aretino and birth of the author
  • Decline, come back, and swan song.

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