The ​World of Aldus Manutius 0 csillagozás

This ​book provides a fascinating and meticulous examination of the life and work of the scholar-printer, Aldus Manutius, by describing his background, outlook, method of business and effect on the intellectual life of his time.
The early part of the study examines the situation of the press in Venice prior to Aldus's entry to his new career in middle life. Martin Lowry then analyses the business-organization of the Aldine Press, its output and the impact of its work on contemporary Venetian intellectual life. Aldus's editorial methods are examined in the light of surviving press-copies and show how he did a good deal to prepare the ground for later and better critics. A final chapter traces Aldus's immense influence on intellectual life in France, Germany, England, Poland and Hungary and concludes with an assessment of his overall contribution to the development of the printed book.
It can be fairly said that Aldus Manutius was the man who gave the printed text the… (tovább)

This ​book provides a fascinating and meticulous examination of the life and work of the scholar-printer, Aldus Manutius, by describing his background, outlook, method of business and effect on the intellectual life of his time.
The early part of the study examines the situation of the press in Venice prior to Aldus's entry to his new career in middle life. Martin Lowry then analyses the business-organization of the Aldine Press, its output and the impact of its work on contemporary Venetian intellectual life. Aldus's editorial methods are examined in the light of surviving press-copies and show how he did a good deal to prepare the ground for later and better critics. A final chapter traces Aldus's immense influence on intellectual life in France, Germany, England, Poland and Hungary and concludes with an assessment of his overall contribution to the development of the printed book.
It can be fairly said that Aldus Manutius was the man who gave the printed text the academic and social respectability previously enjoyed by the manuscript. There has been no full-scale biography for over a century (and still none in English) so that this eagerly awaited book fills a long-felt need.