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- Summary
- This is the first English-language biography of the relentlessley ambitious and incomparably talented printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813). Born to a printing family in the small foothill town of Saluzzo, he left his comfortable life to travel to Rome in 1758 where he served as an apprentice of Cardinal Spinelli at the Propaganda Fide press. There, under the sponsorship of Abbé Ruggieri, his close friend, mentor, and protector, he learned all aspects of the printing craft. Even then, his real talent, indeed his genius, lay in type design and punchcutting, especially of the exotic foreign alphabets needed by the papal office to spread the faith. His life changed when in 1768 at age 28 he was invited by the young Duke of Parma to abandon Rome for that very French city to establish and direct the ducal press. He remained in Parma, overseeing a vast variety of printing, some of the pedestrian, but much of it glorious. And all of it making use of the typefaces he personally designed and engraved. This fine book goes beyond Bodoni's capacity as a printer; it examines the life and times in which he lived, the turbulent and always fragile political climate, the fascinating cast of characters that enlivened the ducal court, the impressive list of visitors making the pilgrimage to Parma, and the unique position Parma occupied, politically Italian but very much French in terms of taste and culture. Even the food gets its due (and in savory detail). The illustrations - of the city, of the press, of the types and matrices - are compelling enough, but most striking are the pages from the books he designed. And especially, pages from his typographic masterpiece, the Manuale TIpografico, painstakingly prepared by his wife Ghitta, posthumously published in two volumes, and displaying the myriad typefaces in multiple sizes that Bodini had designed and engraved over a long and prolific career. Intriguing, scholarly, visually arresting, and designed and printing to Bodoni's standards, this title belongs on the shelf of any self-respecting bibliophile. It not only makes for compelling reading, it will be considered the biography of record of a great printer for years to come. -- from dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 255 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781567925289
- Label
- Giambattista Bodoni : his life & his world
- Title
- Giambattista Bodoni
- Title remainder
- his life & his world
- Statement of responsibility
- Valerie Lester
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Biography
- Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813
- Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813
- History
- trueItaly -- History
- Italy -- Parma
- trueParma, Italy
- Printers
- truePrinters
- truePrinters -- Italy -- Biography
- Printers -- Italy | Parma -- Biography
- Printing
- truePrinting
- Printing -- History
- 1700 - 1899
- truePrinting -- Italy -- History -- 18th century
- truePrinting -- Italy -- History -- 19th century
- Printing -- Italy | Parma -- History -- 18th century
- Printing -- Italy | Parma -- History -- 19th century
- trueType and type-founding
- Type and type-founding
- Type and type-founding -- History
- trueType and type-founding -- Italy -- History
- trueType and type-founding -- Italy -- History -- 18th century
- Type and type-founding -- Italy -- History -- 19th century
- Type and type-founding -- Italy | Parma -- History -- 18th century
- Type and type-founding -- Italy | Parma -- History -- 19th century
- truePrinting -- Italy -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is the first English-language biography of the relentlessley ambitious and incomparably talented printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813). Born to a printing family in the small foothill town of Saluzzo, he left his comfortable life to travel to Rome in 1758 where he served as an apprentice of Cardinal Spinelli at the Propaganda Fide press. There, under the sponsorship of Abbé Ruggieri, his close friend, mentor, and protector, he learned all aspects of the printing craft. Even then, his real talent, indeed his genius, lay in type design and punchcutting, especially of the exotic foreign alphabets needed by the papal office to spread the faith. His life changed when in 1768 at age 28 he was invited by the young Duke of Parma to abandon Rome for that very French city to establish and direct the ducal press. He remained in Parma, overseeing a vast variety of printing, some of the pedestrian, but much of it glorious. And all of it making use of the typefaces he personally designed and engraved. This fine book goes beyond Bodoni's capacity as a printer; it examines the life and times in which he lived, the turbulent and always fragile political climate, the fascinating cast of characters that enlivened the ducal court, the impressive list of visitors making the pilgrimage to Parma, and the unique position Parma occupied, politically Italian but very much French in terms of taste and culture. Even the food gets its due (and in savory detail). The illustrations - of the city, of the press, of the types and matrices - are compelling enough, but most striking are the pages from the books he designed. And especially, pages from his typographic masterpiece, the Manuale TIpografico, painstakingly prepared by his wife Ghitta, posthumously published in two volumes, and displaying the myriad typefaces in multiple sizes that Bodini had designed and engraved over a long and prolific career. Intriguing, scholarly, visually arresting, and designed and printing to Bodoni's standards, this title belongs on the shelf of any self-respecting bibliophile. It not only makes for compelling reading, it will be considered the biography of record of a great printer for years to come. -- from dust jacket
- Biography type
- individual biography
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- 10465140
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lester, Valerie Browne
- Dewey number
- 686.2092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Bodoni, Giambattista
- Bodoni, Giambattista
- Printers
- Printing
- Printing
- Type and type-founding
- Type and type-founding
- Printers
- Printing
- Type and type-founding
- Italy
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- his life & his world
- Label
- Giambattista Bodoni : his life & his world, Valerie Lester
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- 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
- Control code
- 1524357
- Dimensions
- 27 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9781567925289
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014043404
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781567925289
- (OCoLC)898408405
- Label
- Giambattista Bodoni : his life & his world, Valerie Lester
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1524357
- Dimensions
- 27 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9781567925289
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014043404
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781567925289
- (OCoLC)898408405
Subject
- Biographies
- Biography
- Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813
- Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813
- History
- trueItaly -- History
- Italy -- Parma
- trueParma, Italy
- Printers
- truePrinters
- truePrinters -- Italy -- Biography
- Printers -- Italy | Parma -- Biography
- Printing
- truePrinting
- Printing -- History
- 1700 - 1899
- truePrinting -- Italy -- History -- 18th century
- truePrinting -- Italy -- History -- 19th century
- Printing -- Italy | Parma -- History -- 18th century
- Printing -- Italy | Parma -- History -- 19th century
- trueType and type-founding
- Type and type-founding
- Type and type-founding -- History
- trueType and type-founding -- Italy -- History
- trueType and type-founding -- Italy -- History -- 18th century
- Type and type-founding -- Italy -- History -- 19th century
- Type and type-founding -- Italy | Parma -- History -- 18th century
- Type and type-founding -- Italy | Parma -- History -- 19th century
- truePrinting -- Italy -- History
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