Printing and publishing at the Aldine Press 1495-1585
Subtitle: an introductory handbook to the life and work of three generations of the Manutius and Torresani families
By: by Adam Mills
Publisher: Adam Mills Rare Books
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Cambridge, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Publishers and publishing; History; Printers; Biography; Early printed books; Bibliography
Other titles: Printing & publishing at the Aldine Press 1495-1585
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188).

Purchase; Adam Mills Rare Books; 2021 April 29; 2021H-25; Department of Printing and Graphics Arts Book Reserve Fund.

Blue boards, Aldine device on cover.
Table of contents: title: Preface ;; title: Introduction : Setting the scene : The Aldine Press 1495-1585 -- Before Aldus: the growth and spread of printing ; -- Part 1.; title: The Manutius & Torresani families : The life and work of Aldus Manutius c. 1451-1515 -- The Aldine partnership -- The Torresanis and the Aldine Press 1515-1580s -- The life and work of Paulus Manutius 1512-1574 -- The life and work of Aldus Manutius the Younger 1547-1597 ; -- Part 2.; title: Editing, type design and printing at the Aldine Press : Editing at the Aldine Press -- Type design and the Aldine Press -- The Aldine Roman types -- The Aldine Italic types -- The Aldine Hebrew types -- The technology of printing ; -- Part 3.; title: Other aspects of the Aldine Press : The Aldine Academy -- Aldus's European contacts -- The Libeli Portatiles -- The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili -- Aldine special copies -- Privileges and printed cautions -- Jean Grolier c. 1489-1565 -- Cicero in the renaissance ; -- Part 4.; title: The Aldine devices : Introduction to the devices of the Aldine Press -- Aldine devices, colophons, and imprints -- The uses of the Aldine devices ;; title: Bibliography.