Издания и произведения

Флоренция эпохи Возрождения. Эти слова приводят на память образы прекрасных творений искусных художников и архитекторов. Но не менее значимыми были свершения творцов в иной области: флорентийских охотников за рукописями, писцов, ученых и книготорговцев, которые смахнули пыль веков с античного знания, открывая и распространяя которое, они творили новый просвещенный мир. Именно в этой сфере достиг грандиозного успеха Веспасиано да Бистиччи — «король книготорговцев», которому посвящена новая захватывающая книга Росса Кинга, автора бестселлеров «Леонардо да Винчи и Тайная вечеря», «Микеланджело и Сикстинская капелла» и многих…

The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings—the dazzling handiwork of the city’s skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence’s manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers, who blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and diffusion of ancient knowledge, imagined a new and enlightened world. At the heart of this activity, which bestselling author Ross King relates in his exhilarating new book, was a remarkable man: Vespasiano da Bisticci. Born in 1422, he became what a friend…

The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings—the dazzling handiwork of the city’s skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence’s manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers, who blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and diffusion of ancient knowledge, imagined a new and enlightened world. At the heart of this activity, which bestselling author Ross King relates in his exhilarating new book, was a remarkable man: Vespasiano da Bisticci. Born in 1422, he became what a friend…