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hand and printers and publishers on the other hand. Torrentinus, who was called
Lorenzo Torrentino in Italy, married Nicolosia de Amicis from Bologna on July 14, 1543. He was invited to Florence by the Duke Cosimo de' Medici in 1546. In 1547 he opened his press in Garbo close to the Church of S. Romolo. Being the Duke's printer, Torrentino produced as many as 275 different books.
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Their business was near the San Andrea della Scuole chapel in the centre of
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