Ottaviano Petrucci: A Catalogue Raisonné

By Stanley Boorman

The innovative work in design, typography, and content of music printer and publisher Ottaviano Petrucci (1446-1539) became the standard by which all following printers measured themselves. He created the defining moment when Italy took the lead in book printing in the Renaissance.
This book is a bibliographic study of the output of the Petrucci presses, laying emphasis on the professional career of Petrucci. It includes a detailed study of technique and house-style, examining the market forces that drove Petrucci's publishing decisions, and provides a detailed catalogue of
editions and copies.
Stanley Boorman has made a study of the output of Petrucci's presses for 25 years. This long-awaited contribution to the field of bibliography will have an audience both in music and in rare book bibliography.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195142071
• ISBN13: 9780195142075
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 1296 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.3" x 9.9"