Aldus Manutius

A fresh reading of Aldus Manutius, preeminent in the history of the printed book.   Aldus Manutius is perhaps the greatest figure in the history of the printed book: in Venice, Europe’s capital of printing, he invented the italic type and issued more first editions of the classics than anyone before or since, as well as Hypnerotomachia Poliphili , the most beautiful and mysterious printed book of the Italian Renaissance.   This is the first monograph in English on Aldus Manutius in over f