Aldus Pius Manutius.Si priscos libros, veterum si volvere scripta, Debemus quidquid iam licet, Alde, tibi. Magna quide laus est Scriptoribus; at tibi major, Qui reddis veteres chalcographia arte novos.
[n.d. c.1700.]
Engraving. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½"). Narrow margins.
Aldus Pius Manutius (1449-1515), the Venetian humanist, printer and publisher, founder of the Aldine Press. His legacy include the distinctions of inventing italic type, establishing the modern use of the semicolon, developing the modern appearance of the comma, and introducing inexpensive books in small formats bound in vellum that were read much like modern paperbacks.
[Ref: 56480] £180.00
Engraving. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½"). Narrow margins.
Aldus Pius Manutius (1449-1515), the Venetian humanist, printer and publisher, founder of the Aldine Press. His legacy include the distinctions of inventing italic type, establishing the modern use of the semicolon, developing the modern appearance of the comma, and introducing inexpensive books in small formats bound in vellum that were read much like modern paperbacks.
[Ref: 56480] £180.00