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Aldus and His Dream Book: An Illustrated Essay
Aldus and His Dream Book An Illustrated Essay Author:Helen Barolini Aldus and His Dream Book is a tribute to the life and work of the pioneering scholar-publisher, Aldus Manutius (1449/50-1515). Helen Barolini's text discusses Aldus, his education, his publishing vision, his typographic innovations, and his famous Venetian press. At the same time, this book reproduces all the illustrations, and many of t... more »he full pages, from the Aldine press edition of Francesco Colonna's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, which many consider the most beautiful book printed in the Renaissance. It also includes a bibliography of works on Aldus and the Hypnerotomachia. Second printing. Illustrated, introduction, notes, bibliography, index.« less