Piero Pacini da Pescia

Piero Pacini da Pescia (flourished 1495-1514) was an Italian publisher.[1] He lived and worked in Florence, Italy. Pacini made operettes. His publishing house was known for publishing quality woodcuts in their books. After his death, his son, Bernardo, continued the business.[2] Works by Pacini are held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Library of Congress.[1][3]

Pacini's mark (BEIC)

His printer's mark can be found as a decoration on the Albert Kahn designed Muskegon Chronicle building in Muskegon, Michigan, USA. It was sculpted by Corrado Parducci.[4]

Notable works

Epistole et Euangelii et Lectioni vulgari in lingua toschana, 1495[1]
Aesop's Fables, 1496[2]
Triumphs of Petrarch, 1499[2]
The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, 1505[2]

References

"Epistles, Gospels, and Popular Readings in the Tuscan Language". World Digital Library. June 27, 1495. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
"Pacini, Pietro". Enciclopedia. Treccani. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
"Florentine School of European Renaissance Art". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
Shadowing Parducci, unpublished manuscript by Einar E. Kvaran

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[WDL-1] "Epistles, Gospels, and Popular Readings in the Tuscan Language". World Digital Library. June 27, 1495. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

[Treccani-2] "Pacini, Pietro". Enciclopedia. Treccani. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

[Met-3] "Florentine School of European Renaissance Art". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

[4] Shadowing Parducci, unpublished manuscript by Einar E. Kvaran