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A Renaissance bestseller: Dr. Mattioli’s Discorsi (on the medical use of plants)

January 7, 2022 admin

The combination of successful intuition, scientific knowledge and entrepreneurship enabled the doctor and humanist Mattioli and his Venetian publisher Valgrisi…

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1564 Dante’s Commedia: a market gamble.

November 14, 2021 admin

The 1564 edition is the first by the Venetian typographer Sessa. Upon humanist Francesco Sansovino’s initiative the volume came out…

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Photo-portrait in XIX century: “access to public visibility”

November 9, 2021 admin

In the middle of the 19th century the photo-portrait is already widespread when, in 1854, the Parisian André Adolphe Eugène…

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Milan Book Fair – Salone della Cultura Novembre 20-21

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After the first “coming out” in Mantua the excitement of sharing the pleasure of rare books found another juicy opportunity.…

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Mantova, rare books and prints

July 31, 2021 admin

Sept 18-19, 2021 The first participation of Hermes Rare Books to an important fair of rare books. With a selection…

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