I. The introduction of printing in Florence : Bernardo Cennini and his family enterprise, 14171-1472 -- Giorgio di Niccoló Baldesi, Giovanni di Piero da Magonza, and partners, 1470-1473 -- Wool trade and printing -- II. Niccoló di Lorenzo della Magna's first years of activity : In the service of the Mercanzia, 1464-1475 -- The collaboration with Giovanni di Piero da Magonza, and Marsilio Ficino's "De Christiana Religione" ca. 1474-1476 -- Cappone Capponi and his circle, 1475-1480 -- Printing for the convent of Santo Spirito, ca. 1476-1477 -- Institutional and private commissions, ca. 1476-1480 -- The end of the company, 1480-1482 -- III. At the peak of Niccoló di Lorenzo's career : A work proposal for the Ripoli Press, 11 november 1480 -- Cristoforo Landino's commented edition of Dante's Divine Comedy (1481) -- From Cristoforo Landino "Disputationes camaldulenses" (1480?) to Francesco Berlinghieri's "Geographia" (1841-1482) -- From Niccoló Perotti's "Rudimenta Grammatices" (1483) to Saint Gregory's "Morali" (1483-1486) -- Baptista Siculus and Leon Battista Alberti's "De re aedificatoria" (1485) -- Epilogue -- Appendix A : Books printed by Niccoló di Lorenzo della Magna or attributed to his press -- Appendix B : Documents -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.