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Giambattista Bodoni
Valerie Brown Lester
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Description for Giambattista Bodoni
Hardcover. An English-language biography of the incomparably talented printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813). It goes beyond Bodoni's capacity as a printer; it examines the life and times in which he lived, the turbulent and always fragile political climate, and the fascinating cast of characters. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; AKD; BGH; TDPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 222 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1043.
This is a lavishly illustrated biography of the great printer Bodoni, vividly describing his work, life, and times while justifying his reputation as the "prince of typographers." This is the first English-language biography of the incomparably talented printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813). Born to a printing family in the small Italian town of Saluzzo, he left his comfortable life to travel to Rome in 1758 where he served as an apprentice of Cardinal Spinelli at the Propaganda Fide press. There, under the sponsorship of Ruggieri, his close friend, mentor, and protector, he learned all aspects of the printing craft. Even then, ... Read more
This is a lavishly illustrated biography of the great printer Bodoni, vividly describing his work, life, and times while justifying his reputation as the "prince of typographers." This is the first English-language biography of the incomparably talented printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813). Born to a printing family in the small Italian town of Saluzzo, he left his comfortable life to travel to Rome in 1758 where he served as an apprentice of Cardinal Spinelli at the Propaganda Fide press. There, under the sponsorship of Ruggieri, his close friend, mentor, and protector, he learned all aspects of the printing craft. Even then, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
David R. Godine Publisher Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9781567925289
SKU
V9781567925289
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About Valerie Brown Lester
Valerie Browne Lester is an independent scholar, writer, and translator. She is the author of Phiz: The Man Who Drew Dickens (2004), a biography of Hablot Knight Browne, Dickens's principal illustrator who was also her great-great-grandfather.
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