Aldus Manutius: Printer and Publisher of Renaissance Venice - Softcover

Davies, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892363444 ISBN 13: 9780892363445

Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Martin Davies is Head of Incunabula at The British Library and Editor of The Library.

Edition details

• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0892363444
• ISBN 13: 9780892363445
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64