Aldus Manutius - The Invention of the Publisher

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 forty years. It shows how Aldus redefined the role of a book printer, from mere manual labourer to learned publisher. As a consequence Aldus participated in the same debates as contemporaries such as Leonardo da Vinci and Erasmus of Rotterdam, making this book an insight into their world too.

Product details

• Authors: Oren Margolis, Margolis Oren
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781789147797
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-779-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 225 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Renaissance Lives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, c 1500 onwards to present day, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval