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Aldus Manutius: Printer and Publisher of Renaissance Venice

By Martin Davies

Book information

Publisher
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Tempe - Arizona
Year
1999
ISBN
0866982566, 9780866982566
Open Library ID
OL23413130M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4872496 bytes)
Series
(Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Vol. 214) 214
Edition
Second printing
Pages
68\68
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Aldus Manutius (1449-1515) was a member of the Manuzio family, founders of the Aldine Press. Under his direction, the press undertook a vast program of making the written remains of Greek antiquity widely and systematically available to the scholarly public of Renaissance Europe. In addition, Aldus printed many Latin and Italian texts in cheaper formats in the famous Aldine italic typeface. In commemoration of the quincentenary of Aldus's first publication, this study, copublished with the British Library, introduces the "prince of printers" in his various guises--as scholar, businessman, editor, and typographer. The beautifully reproduced illustrations are drawn largely from Aldines in the unrivaled collection of the British Library.

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