Giambattista Bodoni : his life and his world /

Giambattista Bodoni : his life and his world /

"This is the first English-language biography of the relentlessley ambitious and incomparably talented printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813). Born to a printing family in the small foothill town of Saluzzo, he left his comfortable life to travel to Rome in 1758 where he served as an apprentic...

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Main Author: Lester, Valerie Browne, 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : David R. Godine, Publisher, 2015.
Subjects:
Bodoni, Giambattista, > 1740-1813.
Printers > Italy > Parma > Biography.
Printing > Italy > Parma > History > 18th century.
Printing > Italy > Parma > History > 19th century.
Type and type-founding > Italy > Parma > History > 18th century.
Type and type-founding > Italy > Parma > History > 19th century.

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