The Bookseller of Florence by Dr Ross King

A brilliant narrative that seamlessly weaves together intellectual debate technological exploration and the excitement of new ways of thinking about ethics politics and human capability ROWAN WILLIAMS An exhilarating and untold account of a Florentine bookseller working at the frontiers of human knowledge and the epochal shift from script to print that defined the Renaissance The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings the dazzling handiwork of the c Hardback