Towards an Atlas of Italian Printer’s Copies in the Fifteenth and the Sixteenth Centuries

Abstract

The article examines twenty-one 15^th and 16^th centuries printer’s copies, mostly preserved in Italian libraries. An atlas, which compares the printer’s copies and the derived printed editions, was built according to Hellinga’s model. As a consequence, this study offers an overview of the most common marks or evidence which prove that an exemplar was used in a printing house. Moreover, some general trends regarding the printing process are suggested.