Aldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script and Type in the 15th Century [Hardcover]

Nicolas Barker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0823212475 | ISBN-13: 978-0823212477 | Edition: 1

This much-acclaimed work was first published in 1985 in an extremely limited edition of something under 200 copies. The first edition nonetheless sold out rapidly, and the reviewers were virtually universal in their recommendations that a new edition be published at a more accessible price, and thereby satisfy the additional demands on the marketplace. This new edition meets that need. This second edition is a substantially new work. It has been completely revised throughout, in the light both of the author's subsequent research and discoveries and of the reviewers' observations. It contains much additional new matter. The new illustrations reproduce setting copy, in the autograph of Marcus Musurus, of the Address to the Reader in the 1498 Aristophanes

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Review

"Nicolas Barker, of the British Library, is doubtless the best-known and most widely published bibliographical scholar of our generation." -- The Book Collector

"[Aldus Manutius] was the epitome of the renaissance scholar-publisher...For him the new learning hinged on the Greek Classics. -- Fine Print

About the Author

Nicolas Barker, of the British Library, is the best-known and most widely published bibliographical scholar of our generation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 138 pages
• Publisher: Fordham University Press; 1 edition (January 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823212475
• ISBN-13: 978-0823212477
• Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,593,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)