Aldus and His Dream Book
Subtitle: An Illustrated Essay
Publisher: Italica Press
Published: September 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780934977227
Subjects: History; Venice; Manuzio, Aldo,; Fiction; d. 1527; Printers; Printing; Art & Art Instruction; Italy; Hypnerotomachia Poliphili; General; Design - Book; Techniques - Printmaking; Colonna, Francesco; Manuzio, Aldo; Origin and antecedents; 1449 or 50-1515; 16th century; Biography; Colonna, Francesco,
First sentence: IN A PRINT THAT ACCOMPANIES PROSPER Marchand's Histoire de l'origine et des premiers progres de l'imprimerie of 1740, the spirit of printing is shown descending from the heavens under the aegis of Minerva and Mercury.