luca molà - why venice?
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Patents for New Printing Technology Issued in Venice
1496- Aldo Manuzio, patent for Greek letters
1498- Gabriele da Brisighella and partners, new printing in Greek and Latin
1498- Ottaviano Petrucci, invention for printing music
1498 - Nicola Vlastò from Crete, printing of Greek letters with accents
1499 - Andrea Corbo, large letters for choir books
1500- Anton Kolb, German merchant, printed map of Venice
1501 - Aldo Manuzio, italics type
1515- Daniel Bomberg, printing of books in Hebrew language
Venetian Glass Production and Exports, 1592
Venice 25,000 ducats
Mainland State and Lombardy 15,000
Rome, Naples, Sicily, Apulia 12,000
Germany 3,000
Lisbon 10,000
Spain 12,000
American colonies 30,000
Istanbul 10,000
Alexandria 5,000
Syria 20,000
Mirrors for the whole world 40,000