Aldus Manutius

The Invention of the Publisher

Oren Margolis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2023
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-779-7 (ISBN)

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A fresh reading of Aldus Manutius, perhaps the greatest figure 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 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.

Oren Margolis is a lecturer in renaissance studies at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of The Politics of Culture in Quattrocento Europe: Ren of Anjou in Italy.

Note on Names and Translations
Introduction
1 Carpi and Venice
2 After Daedalus
3 Divine Impressions
4 The Printer as Prince
Epilogue: Utopia

Chronology
References
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.09.2023
Reihe/Serie	Renaissance Lives
Zusatzinfo	40 illustrations, 20 in colour
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-78914-779-4 / 1789147794
ISBN-13	978-1-78914-779-7 / 9781789147797
Zustand	Neuware