Printing, Writers and Readers in Renaissance Italy.(Review) (book review) (book review)

Printing, Writers and Readers in Renaissance Italy Brian Richardson Cambridge University Press xii + 220 37.50 [pounds sterling] (hb) 13.95 [pounds sterling] (pb) ISBN 0521 57161 8 (hb) 0521 57693 8 (pb) IN 1600, `A BIG MAN with a dirty grey overcoat and a black beard' sold books illegally at his second-hand book-stall in Campo de' Fiori in Rome -- a sure sign of the popularity of the new commodity, printed books.

Yet given the demand, selling printed books was even more difficult than other merchandise, we are told; sea transport was much cheaper than land but faced the ...

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