Publication

2015 - Harvard University Press

Language

English

Word Count

104,000 words, Guess

Page Count

416 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100674088670
  • ISBN-139780674088672
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015010876
  • OCLC Control Number905700034
  • Better World Books9780674088672
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPA3621.G66 2015
  • LCCPA3621 .G66 2016

Description

"Aldus Manutius (c. 1451–1515) was the most important and innovative scholarly publisher of the Renaissance. His Aldine Press was responsible for more first editions of classical literature, philosophy and science than any other publisher before or since. Aldus was particularly concerned to preserve through the printer’s art the most important remains of Greek literature that had survived the age of the manuscript book, and to provide the literati of his own time with the tools they needed to keep the knowledge of Greek alive. This edition contains all of Aldus’s prefaces to his editions of the Greek classics, translated for the first time into English, along with other illustrative writings by his collaborators. They provide unique insight into the world of scholarly publishing in Renaissance Venice."--

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