Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-02-10

IVOlumeS. ne theatre OF WOMEN"
by JoSt Amman, printed by >. t'eyr,
frankfurt, IN I3ou, illustrates III suI,lr
fifty WOoucutS tile national Costume.
OF women Oh the DAY. An euIlluA u
Lorenzo VaIla's "Elegantiac Llusuae
Latinae" follows, from the press Oh
Johann Schoeffer, in Mainz, Ger
many. Manz was the very cradle OF
printing, and johann ScuoelIer Was
the son of Peter OF the same name.
who was Gutenbergs Chief work.
man and continued to operate inc
press of Gutenberg after Johann
Fust forec1osed his mortgage on it
in 1855.
Next stands an edition OF Wimp-
heling's "Agatharchia," printed by
Marun Scnott, II November 14y3.
Schott, a patrician by plrtn, was
connected by marriage with the great
Straussberg house of printers, the
MentelIn family. Even Garner III date
is the volume of Cicero which fol-
lows, printed by Faelli of Bologna.
in 1894, and bearing that printers
mark, mark made up of simple
geometrical forms, curiously in con-
trast to the ornate symbols adopted
by the later printers.
In the early sixteenth century the
city of Basel achieved the summit of
its printing career in the work of
HerWagen, the Petri family, and
Johann Froben. The exhibit con-
tains an edition of the WORKS of
Macrobius, printed by Herwagen, in
1885; volume of Poggio from the
press of Henricus Petri, 1888; and,
most important, several works print
ed by Johann Froben, and bearing
his distinctive mark, the caduceus
of Mercury surmounted by dove,
having the significance: BE We wise
as serpents and harmless as doves"
These Froben imprints include a
volume of the "Life and Fables of
Aesop," 1913, printed in parallel
Greek and Latin texts; two editions
Of the New Testament" by Erasmus,
and the "Institutio Principis Chris
tiani" of the same author. These
last are the mementoes of cordial
and lasting friendship between the
Dutch scholar Erasmus and the print
er of Basel; their association began
in 1914 when the scholar, who had
been the literary advisor of Aldus
of Venice, offered to act in the same
capacity for the press of Froben.
The third case is given over to
Italian printers. First and foremost
of these was Aldus of Venice, whose
ingenuity led him to make many
revolutionary changes in the tech
nique of printing. He was the ORR
ginator of the italic type and of
numerous other devices, all design
ed to decrease the size of books and
the expenses of printing, in order
that books might be more easily
available and more convenient in
use. On exhibit here are several
books printed by the family of Aldus,
whose son and grandson carried on
the work of the press: Several ex-
amples of the well known Aldine
mark are also shown, a dolphin
tWined about an anchor; the mark
is derived, as an accompanying book
of emblems reveals, from the seal
OF the Emperor Titus, its significance
being: "Make haste slowly"
Venice claimed typographical SUI
premacy over the remainder of Italy,
for to her belonged Aldus, Jensen,
and numerous lesser printers, some
OF whom are exhibited at Duke. The
other cities, however, did not leave
her supremacy uncontested: the dis
!! play includes fine examples of print
ing from Pezzaro, Firenze, and Milan.
Chief of these is the edition Of Full
gentius' allegorical explanations of
the classical fables, an edition print
ed by Ulrich Scinzenzeller of Milan
in 1893.
The last case includes, first of all,
two examples of Spanish printing:
editions of the works of Thomas de
Mercado, one printed by Matthias
Cast of Salamanca, with curious
/ title page, depicting skeleton hack
! ing with an axe at the trunk OF
tree composed of closely interviewer
serpents. The other is from the press
Fernando Diaz of Seville.
The remainder Of the case IS deVot-
ed TO French printers. The flrSt nall
of the sixteenth century in France
has been called the Golden Age OF
Typography, Tor the art tlourlShed
there unuer the generous patronage
of King Francis l. The ruling family
OF primers IN this age was the house
of Estienne, or Stephanus-to use
the Latinized form of the name; the
men of this family were not only
printers and editors in their own
right, but they were connected, by
marriage or business relationship,
with most of the other prominent
printers of the day. The exhibit con-
tains Clichtov's DE Regis Ot1lcla
Opusculu," as printed by Henrlcus
Stephanus, head Of the house, IN
1919 A fine edition of the New
Testament, printed by his son
Robert is next exhibited. Robert
Estienne earned wide reputation
for his accuracy; he was accustoIn-
ed, it is said, to hang his proof
sheets to dry in the streets, offer
ing a reward to any passer-by who
might discover an error in them.
Appointed printer to the King for
Hebrew, Greek. and Latin" Robert
printed many editions of the bible" ,,