Remarkable Renaissance Books

John Boardley

'Remarkable Renaissance Books' tells the story of eighteen extraordinary early printed volumes, from the very first titles printed in the fifteenth century to the groundbreaking scientific texts of the Enlightenment. Including Gutenberg's watershed Bible, a maths book illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo's observations of mountains on the Moon, Kepler's treatise on a supernova, Robert Hooke's discovery of microscopic honeycomb structures he coined cells, and Maria Sibylla Merian's pioneering studies of metamorphosis, these beautiful books and their enthralling histories, prehistories and legacies chart the fascinating stories of readers, writers, printers, scientists, philosophers and artists, and the part they played in forging the modern world.

Author(s): Boardley, John
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 30/10/2025
Pagination: 288 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Bodleian Library Publishing
Published By: Bodleian Library Publishing
Book Classification: European history: Renaissance
Dimensions: 259x237
Weight:
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781851245482