Aldus & His Dream Book: An Illustrated Essay

Author:   Helen Barolini
Publisher:   Italica Press
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9780934977227


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   27 December 2009
Format:   Paperback
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""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 the 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."" This edition is certain to appeal to the historian, bibliophile, art historian, designer, and student of the many psychologically rich and emblematic illustrations that have delighted and intrigued generations of readers and scholars. The third printing completely resets the text, using digital typefaces that approximate the original even more closely, offers newly reproduced images of the art pages, and includes an updated Bibliography.

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Author:   Helen Barolini
Publisher:   Italica Press
Imprint:   Italica Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780934977227


ISBN 10:   0934977224
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   27 December 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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