Dobrić Dobričević (also known as Bonino De' Boninis) one of the pioneers of printing in Europe, was born in 1454 on the small Adriatic Island of Lastovo in the Republic of Ragusa (modern Croatia). He printed in Venice,[1] Verona, Brescia and Lyon. His printed works included those of the ancient classics Tibullis, Catullus, Propertius, Virgil, Plutarch Aesop and Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
His works were considered among the best examples of printing in his epoch. His bilingual (Latin - Italian) editions of "Aesopus moralisatus, Dante's Cantica and Divine Comedy were printed first in Brescia in 1487,[2] and then also in Lyon, France. We know of about 50 of his editions, the greatest number belonging to the period of 1483-1491 that he spent in Brescia - about 40. Croatia is in possession of 19 of his editions in 30 copies. The greatest number of his editions is in possession of the British Museum, London.
He died in Treviso in 1528.