THE ITALIAN 1465-1800 Studies presented to DENNIS E. RHODES on his joth birthday

Edited by DENIS V. REIDY

THE BRITISH 1993 CONTENTS

Foreword page ix

Luigi Balsamo

Notes on contributors xi

Abbreviations xiv

Editor's introduction i Denis V. Reidy An unrecorded Milanese 7 David Rogers

Hans von Laude(n)bach 'who printed the first in Rome' 11 John L. Flood

Notes on the history of in Treviso in the 15 th century 21 Agostino Contd

New light on the Ripoli of the Expositio of Donato Acciaioli 31 Piero Scapecchi

Besicken and Guillery 35 Martin Davies

Three Milanese publications 55 Ennio Sandal Contents Annals of G. A. Scinzenzeler, printer in Milan (1500-1526): a supplement 65 Luigi Balsamo

The Venetian Ptolemy of 1548 89 Conor Fahy

The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus's italic type: a new chronology 117 David J. Shaw

Nicolo Zoppino and the book-trade network of Perugia 135 Jeremy M. Potter

Decimo: reflections on some rare formats 161 David Paisey

Notes on the Ardizzoni, printers and booksellers in Piacenza 175 DiegoZancani

Italian Renaissance portraiture and printed portrait-books 183 Cecil H. Clongh

John Brown, Scottish Minim (1569-1643): a tale of three title pages 225 T.A.Birrell

Honouring the dead 235 Paul Qtiarrie

Soldiers' tales: observations on Italian military books published at Antwerp in the early 17th century 255 AnnaE. C. Simoni

Publishing in the provinces: printing houses in Romagna in the 17th century 291 Pierangelo Bellettini

The Ripoli Decameron, Guglielmo Libri and the 'incomparabile' Harris 323 Neil Harris

VI Contents Notes on the incunabula of Consul Joseph Smith: an exploration 335 Lotte Hellinga-Qiierido

The Costabili in the 349 Roberto L. Bruni

Bibliography of the published works of Dennis E. Rhodes 363 Denis V. Reidy

Index 387

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