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Author Lester, Valerie Browne, 1939-

Title Giambattista Bodoni : his life & his world / Valerie Lester.

Publication Info. Jaffrey, New Hampshire : David R. Godine, Publisher, [2014]

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  686.2092 L56    Check Shelf
Description 255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Saluzzo, 1740-1758 -- Rome, 1758-1766 -- The invitation -- Parma, 1768 -- The Duchess and Du Tillot -- Bodoni at work -- José Nicolás de Azara -- Margherita Dall'Aglio -- The private press and the Amoretti and Didot debacles -- Gout and a grape seed -- Two thefts and a fire -- 1798 : the triumphal return and life on the farm -- A letter from Jean-George Handwerck -- The death of a duke, the presentation of a medal, and the death of a duke -- Napoleon -- 1806-1813 -- Il bajon -- La vedova.
Subject 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.
Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813. (OCoLC)fst00002941
Printers. (OCoLC)fst01076585
Printing. (OCoLC)fst01076612
Type and type-founding. (OCoLC)fst01159951
Italy -- Parma. (OCoLC)fst01204569
Chronological Term 1700 - 1899
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781567925289 (alkaline paper)
1567925286 (alkaline paper)
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