THE ITALIAN BOOK 1465-1800 Studies presented to DENNIS E. RHODES on his joth birthday
Edited by DENIS V. REIDY
THE BRITISH LIBRARY 1993 CONTENTS
Foreword page ix
Luigi Balsamo
Notes on contributors xi
Abbreviations xiv
Editor's introduction i Denis V. Reidy An unrecorded Milanese incunable 7 David Rogers
Hans von Laude(n)bach 'who printed the first books in Rome' 11 John L. Flood
Notes on the history of printing in Treviso in the 15 th century 21 Agostino Contd
New light on the Ripoli edition 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 Collection in the British Library 349 Roberto L. Bruni
Bibliography of the published works of Dennis E. Rhodes 363 Denis V. Reidy
Index 387
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