Aldus Manutius
eBook - ePub

Aldus Manutius

The Invention of the Publisher

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Aldus Manutius

The Invention of the Publisher

About this book

A fresh reading of Aldus Manutius, preeminent in the history of the printed book. Aldus Manutius is perhaps the greatest figure in the history of the printed book: in Venice, Europe's capital of printing, he invented the italic type and issued more first editions of the classics than anyone before or since, as well as Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, the most beautiful and mysterious printed book of the Italian Renaissance. This is the first monograph in English on Aldus Manutius in over forty years. It shows how Aldus redefined the role of a book printer, from mere manual laborer to a learned publisher. As a consequence, Aldus participated in the same debates as contemporaries such as Leonardo da Vinci and Erasmus of Rotterdam, making this book an insight into their world too.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. NOTE ON NAMES AND TRANSLATIONS
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Carpi and Venice
  8. 2 After Daedalus
  9. 3 Divine Impressions
  10. 4 The Printer as Prince
  11. Epilogue: Utopia
  12. CHRONOLOGY
  13. REFERENCES
  14. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  15. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  16. PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  17. INDEX