num_pages: 244
description: A tribute to the life and work of the pioneering scholar-publisher, Aldus Manutius (1449/50-1515). Helen Barolini's text discusses Aldus, his education, his publishing vision, his typographic innovations, and his famous Venetian press. At the same time, this book reproduces all the illustrations, and many of the full pages, from the Aldine press edition of Francesco Colonna's "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili."
language: English
title: Aldus & His Dream Book
titlecomplete: Aldus & His Dream Book
genres: Biography, Books About Books, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 21
publisher: Italica Press