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A fresh reading of Aldus Manutius, preeminent in the history of the printed book. Aldus Manutius is perhaps the greatest ï¬gure in the history of the printed book: in Venice, Europe's capital of printing, he invented the italic type and issued more ï¬rst 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 ï¬rst monograph in English on Aldus Manutius in over forty years. It shows how Aldus redeï¬ned 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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