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Ephemeral city : cheap print and urban culture in Renaissance Venice /

'Ephemeral City' explores the rapid rise of cheap print and how it permeated Venetian urban culture in the Renaissance. It offers the first view of one of the city's most productive and creative industries from the bottom up and a new and unexpected vision of Renaissance culture, char...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salzberg, Rosa (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Publishers and publishing > Italy > Venice > 16th century.
Publishers and publishing.
Italy > Venice.
Flugschrift
Buchhandel
Buchdruck
Venedig
Efemärt tryck > historia.
Bokutgivning > historia.
Publicering > historia.
Tryckerihistoria.
Bokhandel > historia.
Stadskulturer > historia.
Stadsliv > historia.
Italien > Venedig.
Industry.
1500-1599
Renässansen
1500-talet
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Summary:'Ephemeral City' explores the rapid rise of cheap print and how it permeated Venetian urban culture in the Renaissance. It offers the first view of one of the city's most productive and creative industries from the bottom up and a new and unexpected vision of Renaissance culture, characterised by the fluid mobility and dynamic intermingling of texts, ideas, goods and people.
Physical Description:xi, 199 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-191) and index.
ISBN:0719087031
9780719087035