THE BOOKSELLER OF FLORENCE: Ross King

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THE BOOKSELLER OF FLORENCE

by Ross King

It feels like an everyday thing, to browse for a book and purchase it. However, books have a history of being an art form, of patronage and of a detailed artistic process. This book tracks the careers of a particular Florence bookseller in the 15th Century. Open a page and let yourself travel around the revolutions, the good times, the giant monasteries and the transition to the printing press. ​

- Reviewed by Lindsay

 

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