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He arrived in Venice in 1490, driven by his profession as a Greek and Latin tutor. Manuzio was a humanist from a small town in central Italy, and it was probably his interest in books that brought him closer to the world of the printing press. Manuzio was one of the first publishers in a modern sense.
Dec 6, 2023 · Over two decades Manuzio published 130 editions, 30 of which were first editions of Greek writers and philosophers. Aldine editions stood out: from the first pages, Manuzio impressed the reader through the use of prefaces discussing his editorial work, his intentions and projects.
Aldus Manutius – A Man of Letters. Manutius was the premier fifteenth-century printer of classic Greek and Latin texts. He championed a revolutionary approach, placing accessibility, affordability, and quality first and foremost.
Mar 5, 2015 · March 5, 2015. Aldus Manutius is not a household name in the same way that his predecessor by a few decades, the printing-press visionary Johannes Gutenberg, is. Yet by all accounts Manutius...
Mar 25, 2024 · Aldus Manutius the Younger (born Feb. 13, 1547, Venice [Italy]—died Oct. 28, 1597, Rome) was the last member of the Italian family of Manuzio to be active in the famous Aldine Press established by his grandfather Aldus Manutius the Elder. When only 14 years old, Aldus the Younger wrote a work on Latin spelling, “Orthographiae ratio.”.
Jun 11, 2018 · Aldus Manutius (1450?-1515) contributed the first Greek and italic fonts to the publishing world. Through his printing company, he published the great works of the ancient philosophers, for the first time in their native Greek language. Aldus Manutius the Elder was a dedicated scholar of the Italian Renaissance.
Jan 12, 2015 · 2015 is the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldo Manuzio (or Aldus Manutius in the equally familiar Latinised form which he himself used), one of the most important figures in the history of printing and publishing.
