Bernardino, Vitali (fl. 1494 to 1539)

Bernardino Vitali or Bernardinus de Vitalibus (fl. 1494 to 1539) was an Albanian printer and publisher, active in Venice but also operating presses in Rome and Rimini. In the first half of the 16th century, he published more than 200 Venetian humanist works. His early life is not understood, although he is thought to have been a refugee - settling in Venice after northern Albania fell to the Ottoman Empire. His Venice print shop opened in 1494, later opening shops in Rome and Rimini. Among his publications were the 1507 and 1508 editions of the Rome Ptolemy, which contained several new maps added to those from the 1478-90 editions: most notably, the famous Ruysch world map.