Venice the perfect book

Venice the perfect book is a short film from 1969 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Presents the role of the city of Venice in the development of fine printing. Traces the changes from the heavy German letters to the more slender, light and open letter of today. Relates historical events which led to the rise of Venice as a printing...

Venice the perfect book
Release date	1969
Running time	0:29:41

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71117

Summary

Presents the role of the city of Venice in the development of fine printing. Traces the changes from the heavy German letters to the more slender, light and open letter of today. Relates historical events which led to the rise of Venice as a printing center. Discusses the contributions of such printers as Coburger, Jansen, and Manutius. Features Dr. Frank Baxter.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:29:41)

16mm

IUL Genres

IUL Subject

Communication and culture, History

Printing

Italy

Television.

Full Original Title

Venice: the perfect book