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Aldus Manutius
Creator
Thom, Robert A., 1915-1979
Summary
Perhaps the greatest figure in book publishing history, Aldus Manutius established a printing firm in Venice during the Fifteenth Century which published "pocket-sized" editions of Greek and Latin classics at low cost. His Aldine Press made it possible for commoners to read Aristotle, Euripides, Plato and Plutarch. The works were distinguished by typographical beauty and accuracy of scholarship. He was the first printer to use small capitals and italics; he authored one of the first Greek-Latin dictionaries, and founded an academy of famous Greek scholars.
Title
Nicolas Jenson
Creator
Thom, Robert A., 1915-1979
Summary
The life of Nicholas Jenson, famed printer and renowned typographer, is the fascinating story of a Frenchman whose destiny was to bring everlasting glory to Italy. Commissioned by King Charles VII to master the secrets of printing for France, Jenson took his knowledge instead to Venice after learning of his beloved monarch's death. There he perfected the clarity, beauty and utility of his superb new Roman type face, a monumental contribution to the graphic arts.
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