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A review by agrandreflection
The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance by Ross King
4.0
Everything I never knew I wanted to know about the history of written language and its golden age in the Renaissance.
King manages to pack an insane amount of information into the pages, while still making the text fun and accessible. There are a few times where information is repeated, but it serves to re-contextualize and remind rather than loop in on itself.
And, it's such a wonderful dive into a lesser-known hero of history. Truly, it seems that Vespassiano might pass Leonardo as my all-time favorite Renaissance man.
King manages to pack an insane amount of information into the pages, while still making the text fun and accessible. There are a few times where information is repeated, but it serves to re-contextualize and remind rather than loop in on itself.
And, it's such a wonderful dive into a lesser-known hero of history. Truly, it seems that Vespassiano might pass Leonardo as my all-time favorite Renaissance man.