Johannes Philippus de Lignamine
Johannes Philippus de Lignamine (1420 – ??) was a Sicilian printer/publisher and tax collector from Messina active at Monte Cassino near Rome and a courtier to Pope Sixtus IV. He is best known for his publication of Herbarium Apuleii Platonici in 1481.[1]
While Italy was the first country to use
Poggio Bracciolini.[2]
Research by Margaret M. Smith concluded that de Lignamine was the first printer to use
References
- ^ "DE LIGNAMINE, Giovanni Filippo in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ Antiquarian Books :: ILAB-LILA :: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers[permanent dead link]
- ^ Smith, Margaret M. "The Pre-history of 'Small caps': from all caps to smaller capitals to small caps". Journal of the Printing Historical Society. 22 (79–106).
- ^ Carter, Matthew; Smith, Margaret M. "Letters". Bulletin of the Printing Historical Society.
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