Renaissance Bookseller Rejects the Printing PressConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 974, Segment 1
Apr 23, 2021 • 53m
The Renaissance brought rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman writings and a proliferation of knowledge. Strangely, one Florentine bookseller was embittered by the technological advancement of the printing press.
Guest: Ross King, historian and author of "The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance"