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."
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Christmas shopping led me to the discovery of a fine little paperback, newly published, that has received inadequate publicity in the book world. It is Aldus and His Dream Book by Helen Barolini. I'm impressed. -- Book Club of California Quarterly News-Letter, vol. 55, no. 2, 1993
In this marvelous, learned, and friendly volume, Helen Barolini traces the contours of his career and reveals Aldus and the Aldine press in historical and cultural context; she admirably conveys the magic of an age in which the book as we know it was invented. In addition, this book reproduces all the illustrations, and many full pages, from the Aldine edition of Francesco Colonna's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, considered to be among the masterpieces of printing and book design. Altogether, Aldus and His Dream Book is a valuable, delightful, satisfying tome. -- A Common Reader, Summer 1992
The book is an important and stimulating contribution to our understanding of early printing." -- Italian Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 1992
Where else are you going to find this graceful biographical sketch and these woodcuts? Italica Press composed Aldus and His Dream Book on a Macintosh computer using a program named after the scholar-publisher himself, the Aldus PageMaker. It's a small, inexpensive, carefully researched volume, printed in Adobe Garamond on acid-free paper in a Smyth-sewn binding. Aldus would have liked it." -- Italian Americana, 1993
In this marvelous, learned, and friendly volume, Helen Barolini traces the contours of his career and reveals Aldus and the Aldine press in historical and cultural context; she admirably conveys the magic of an age in which the book as we know it was invented. In addition, this book reproduces all the illustrations, and many full pages, from the Aldine edition of Francesco Colonna's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, considered to be among the masterpieces of printing and book design. Altogether, Aldus and His Dream Book is a valuable, delightful, satisfying tome. -- A Common Reader, Summer 1992
The book is an important and stimulating contribution to our understanding of early printing." -- Italian Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 1992
Where else are you going to find this graceful biographical sketch and these woodcuts? Italica Press composed Aldus and His Dream Book on a Macintosh computer using a program named after the scholar-publisher himself, the Aldus PageMaker. It's a small, inexpensive, carefully researched volume, printed in Adobe Garamond on acid-free paper in a Smyth-sewn binding. Aldus would have liked it." -- Italian Americana, 1993
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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.
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This IS a delightful companion to Joscelyn Godwin's translation of the Hypnerotomachia- handsomely and thoughtfully designed, and lovingly and carefully researched. Ms Barolini's style is simple, direct, and graceful. The snake in the grass is the binding. Contrary to what other reviews may lead you to understand, the binding is NOT Smyth-sewn; it is glued. This is an unfortunate compromise for a book that celebrates the craft of the book...
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IN A PRINT THAT ACCOMPANIES PROSPER Marchand's Histoire de l'origine et des premiers progres de l'imprimerie of 1740, the spirit of printing is shown descending from the heavens under the aegis of Minerva and Mercury. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Alberto Pio, Andrea Torresani, Aldo Manuzio, Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Gaspare da Verona, John of Speyer, Giovanni Pico, Pietro Bembo, San Paternian, Ercole Strozzi, Marin Sanudo, Pope Paul, Caterina Pio, Domizio Calderini, Lorenzo Valla, Marciana Library, Serene Republic, Vatican Library New!
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IN A PRINT THAT ACCOMPANIES PROSPER Marchand's Histoire de l'origine et des premiers progres de l'imprimerie of 1740, the spirit of printing is shown descending from the heavens under the aegis of Minerva and Mercury. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fourth cart, second cart, woodcut illustrations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alberto Pio, Andrea Torresani, Aldo Manuzio, Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Gaspare da Verona, John of Speyer, Giovanni Pico, Pietro Bembo, San Paternian, Ercole Strozzi, Marin Sanudo, Pope Paul, Caterina Pio, Domizio Calderini, Lorenzo Valla, Marciana Library, Serene Republic, Vatican Library New!
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- The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writing by Italian American Women (Writing American Women) by Helen Barolini on 8 pages
- The Cloister and the Hearth, Volume One by Charles Reade on page 93, and Back Matter
- Five Hundred Years of Printing by Sigfrid H. Steinberg in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Pagan Mysteries In The Renaissance by Edgar Wind in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso) by Dante Alighieri on page 18, and page 93
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- Writing With An Accent: Contemporary Italian American Women Authors by Edvige Giunta on page 36, and Back Matter
- A Circular Journey by Helen Barolini in Front Matter
- Tales of Firenzuola by Agnolo Firenzuola in Back Matter
- The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) by Jonathan Buckley on page 20
- Afternoon Anthology (Ten To Six) by Gianluca Bassi in Back Matter
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