Bonino De Boninis

Bonino De' Boninis (also known as Dobrić Dobrićević) one of the pioneers of printing in Europe, was born in 1454 on the small Adriatic Island of Lastovo in the Republic of Ragusa (modern Croatia). He printed in Venice,[1] Verona, Brescia and Lyon. Dobrić began to print books in 1478 when he joined Andrija Paltašić.[2] His printed works included those of the ancient classics Tibullus, Catullus, Propertius, Virgil, Plutarch, Aulus Gellius, Aesop and Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.

His works were considered among the best examples of printing in his epoch. His bilingual (Latin - Italian) editions of "Aesopus moralisatus, Dante's Cantica and Divine Comedy were printed first in Brescia in 1487,[3] and then also in Lyon, France. We know of about 50 of his editions, the greatest number belonging to the period of 1483-1491 that he spent in Brescia - about 40. Croatia is in possession of 19 of his editions in 30 copies. The greatest number of his editions is in possession of the British Museum, London.

He died in Treviso in 1528.

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References

  1. ↑ An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography by Thomas Hartwell Horne
  2. ↑ Bešić 1970, p. 274
    Которанин Андрија Јаковљев Палташић јавља се у Млецимамеђу првим штампарима око 1470. год. Уз н>ега је почео рад и Ласховљанин Добрић Добрићевић (Вопшо с!е Вопиш) као сарадник на издању Лактанцијевих дјела 1478. год)
  3. ↑ Naklada Naprijed, The Croatian Adriatic Tourist Guide, pg. 208, Zagreb (1999), ISBN 953-178-097-8
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