History of the Book

Day 23

When considering Aldus Manutius, please consider the following words:

Venice
Jenson's 1470 Roman type
Aldine's 5 volume Aristotle
Greek fonts (6)
'divine proportion'
Griffo
Andrea (& Maria) Torresani
Greek style binding
"Hasten Slowly"
The Anchor and the Porpoise
Hypterotomachia Poliphili
unread book
Colonna
cursive, corvisa ,chancery, Aldino
Aldine will
octavo, book of the month
Neaccademia
Grolier
 
 
 

You will find this to be an exceellent site for Aldus:

http://www.lib.byu.edu/~aldine/aldus.html

 

When studying early Aldus, here are some images to consider carefully:

Jenson's Roman
Aldine Book of Hours with grammar
early Greek fonts - this one in the Aristotle set (1495-1498)
Bembo - 1496
Hypterotomachia Poliphili: double page spread, first page, woodcut
illuminated Aldus
Epistole of St Catherine - 1500
1501 Virgil
a later title page with device
 
 
 
 

 



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