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"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 apprentice of Cardinal Spinelli at the Propaganda Fide press. There, under the sponsorship of Abbé Ruggieri, his close friend, mentor, and protector, he learned all aspects of the printing craft. Even then, his real talent, indeed his genius, lay in type design and punchcutting, especially of the exotic foreign alphabets needed by the papal office to spread the faith. His life changed when in 1768 at age 28 he was invited by the young Duke of Parma to abandon Rome for that very French city to establish and direct the ducal press. He remained in Parma, overseeing a vast variety of printing, some of the pedestrian, but much of it glorious. And all of it making use of the typefaces he personally designe d and engraved. This fine book 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, the fascinating cast of characters that enlivened the ducal court, the impressive list of visitors making the pilgrimage to Parma, and the unique position Parma occupied, politically Italian but very much French in terms of taste and culture. Even the food gets its due (and in savory detail). The illustrations - of the city, of the press, of the types and matrices - are compelling enough, but most striking are the pages from the books he designed. And especially, pages from his typographic masterpiece, the Manuale Tipografico, painstakingly prepared by his wife Ghitta, posthumously published in two volumes, and displaying the myriad typefaces in multiple sizes that Bodini had designed and engraved over a long and prolific career. Intriguing, scholarly, visually arresting, and designed and printing to Bodoni's st andards, this title belongs on the shelf of any self-respecting bibliophile. It not only makes for compelling reading, it will be considered the biography of record of a great printer for years to come."-- Publisher description.

Printers --- Printing --- Type and type-founding --- 655.24 <45> --- 094.1 <45 PARMA> --- Fonts (Printing) --- Founts (Printing) --- Metal types --- Type faces --- Typefaces --- Founding --- Typesetting --- Printing, Practical --- Typography --- Graphic arts --- 094.1 <45 PARMA> Oude drukken: bibliografie----Italië--PARMA --- Oude drukken: bibliografie----Italië--PARMA --- 655.24 <45> Lettertypes. Lettersoorten--algemeen - niet verwarren met schrift; z.o. {003} en {681.615}--Italië --- 655.24 <45> Type styles. Characters--Italië --- Lettertypes. Lettersoorten--algemeen - niet verwarren met schrift; z.o. {003} en {681.615}--Italië --- Type styles. Characters--Italië --- History --- Bodoni, Giambattista, --- Bodoni, Giovanni Battista, --- Bodoni, G. B. --- Bodoni, Jean Baptiste, --- Bodonius, I. B. --- Bodonius, Iohannes Baptista, --- Bodoni, Giambattista

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Giambattista Bodoni (Saluces 1740 - Parme 1813) est sans conteste l’un des typographes les plus importants de l’histoire du livre. Ses ouvrages sont caractérisés par la perfection des caractères qu’il grave et fond lui-même et par l’équilibre harmonieux de la mise en page propre aux canons du style néoclassique. Imprimées en tirage limité et sur des papiers fins ou précieux comme le parchemin ou la soie, ses publications, véritables œuvres d’art destinées à être admirées plutôt qu’à être lues, deviennent bientôt des objets de bibliophilie prisés des puissants d’Europe. Dans cette étude, Andrea De Pasquale aborde le travail de Bodoni, ses rapports avec les autres imprimeurs du moment, comme Baskerville et les Didot, ses relations avec les grandes cours d’Europe et avec les principaux collectionneurs de l’époque. Regard sur l’un des derniers artisans du livre, capable d’être tout à la fois fondeur de caractères, imprimeur et libraire. --BnF Éditions

Book history --- Bodoni, Giambattista --- Caractères d'imprimerie --- Imprimeurs italiens --- Caractères d'imprimerie --- Bodoni, Giambattista, - 1740-1813 --- 094.1 <45 PARMA> --- 655.24 <45> --- 655.26 --- 655.26 Soorten zetwerk. Lay-out. Typografische vormgeving --- 655.26 Typography. Graphic design. Kinds of text (material to be set) --- Soorten zetwerk. Lay-out. Typografische vormgeving --- Typography. Graphic design. Kinds of text (material to be set) --- 655.24 <45> Lettertypes. Lettersoorten--algemeen - niet verwarren met schrift; z.o. {003} en {681.615}--Italië --- 655.24 <45> Type styles. Characters--Italië --- Lettertypes. Lettersoorten--algemeen - niet verwarren met schrift; z.o. {003} en {681.615}--Italië --- Type styles. Characters--Italië --- 094.1 <45 PARMA> Oude drukken: bibliografie----Italië--PARMA --- Oude drukken: bibliografie----Italië--PARMA

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094 <086> --- 094.0 MANUTIUS, ALDUS --- 655.24 <45> --- Peter Burnhill --- grafische vormgeving --- typografie --- zestiende eeuw --- geschiedenis --- druktechnieken --- druk --- Manutius Aldus --- Italië --- renaissance --- 766.021 --- 766.03 --- 094.0 MANUTIUS, ALDUS Techniek van het oude boek (typografie)--MANUTIUS, ALDUS --- Techniek van het oude boek (typografie)--MANUTIUS, ALDUS --- 094 <086> Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oude lettertypes, 'printing types' --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oude lettertypes, 'printing types' --- Lettertypes. Lettersoorten--algemeen - niet verwarren met schrift; z.o. {003} en {681.615}--Italië --- Manutius, Aldus [sr.]

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Book history --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- Rome --- Manuscripts, Arabic --- Manuscripts, Oriental --- Printing --- Rome (Italy) --- 094.1 <45 ROMA> --- 094 =9 --- 655.24 <45> --- 655.245 --- Printing, Practical --- Typography --- Graphic arts --- Oriental manuscripts --- Arabic manuscripts --- 094.1 <45 ROMA> Oude drukken: bibliografie----Italië--ROMA --- Oude drukken: bibliografie----Italië--ROMA --- 094 =9 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oosterse talen --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oosterse talen --- History --- Lettertypes. Lettersoorten--algemeen - niet verwarren met schrift; z.o. {003} en {681.615}--Italië --- Speciale tekens --in de drukkunst --- Biblioteca medicea laurenziana --- Tipografia medicea orientale --- Tipografia Medicea Orientale --- Typographia medicea --- Typographia linguarum externarum --- Printer old books --- Bibliotheca Medicea Laurentiana --- Biblioteca laurenziana --- Bibliotheca Laurentiana --- Laurentian Library --- Medicean Laurentian Library --- Bibliothèque laurentienne --- Imperiale e real Libreria mediceo-laurenziana --- Libreria mediceo-laurenziana --- Biblioteca mediceo-laurenziana --- Imperiale e real Biblioteca mediceo-laurenziana --- Mediceo Laurenziana Library --- Exhibitions

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Book history --- Jenson, Nicholas --- Venice --- Printing --- Publishers and publishing --- Incunabula --- Renaissance --- Imprimerie --- Edition --- Incunables --- History --- Histoire --- Jenson, Nicolas, --- Venice (Italy) --- Venise (Italie) --- Imprints --- Imprimés --- 093.1 <45 VENEZIA> --- 094.1 <45 VENEZIA> --- 655.24 <45> --- -Publishers and publishing --- -Renaissance --- -Type and type-founding --- -Printing --- -Printing, Practical --- Typography --- Graphic arts --- Fonts (Printing) --- Founts (Printing) --- Metal types --- Type faces --- Typefaces --- Founding --- Typesetting --- Revival of letters --- Civilization --- History, Modern --- Civilization, Medieval --- Civilization, Modern --- Humanism --- Middle Ages --- Book publishing --- Books --- Book industries and trade --- Booksellers and bookselling --- Early printed books --- Cradle books (Early printed books) --- Incunabelen: bibliografie--Italië--VENEZIA --- Oude drukken: bibliografie----Italië--VENEZIA --- Lettertypes. Lettersoorten--algemeen - niet verwarren met schrift; z.o. {003} en {681.615}--Italië --- -Origin and antecedents --- Publishing --- Jenson, Nicolas --- -Venice (Italy) --- -Intellectual life --- Type and type-founding --- Origin and antecedents. --- History. --- Intellectual life --- Imprints. --- -Incunabelen: bibliografie--Italië--VENEZIA --- 094.1 <45 VENEZIA> Oude drukken: bibliografie----Italië--VENEZIA --- 093.1 <45 VENEZIA> Incunabelen: bibliografie--Italië--VENEZIA --- Imprimés --- -Bneci (Italy) --- Mleci (Italy) --- Mleti (Italy) --- Venecia (Italy) --- Venezia (Italy) --- Venedig (Italy) --- Venetik (Italy) --- Venetsii︠a︡ (Italy) --- Velence (Italy) --- Benetia (Italy) --- Venetia (Italy) --- Wenecja (Italy) --- Venise (Italy) --- Fenice (Italy) --- Benetke (Italy) --- Vinegia (Italy) --- Printing, Practical --- History&delete& --- Origin and antecedents --- Ienson, Nicolaus, --- Ienson, Nicoleos, --- Jenson, Nicholas, --- Jenson, Nicolaus, --- Nicoleos, --- Bneci (Italy) --- Burano (Italy) --- Murano (Italy) --- Venice (Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom) --- Jenson, Nicholas, ca. 1420-1480. --- Printing - Italy - Venice - History - Origin and antecedents. --- Publishers and publishing - Italy - Venice - History. --- Type and type-founding - Italy - Venice - History. --- Venice (Italy) - Intellectual life. --- Renaissance - Italy - Venice. --- Incunabula - Italy - Venice. --- Venet︠s︡ii︠a︡ (Italy)