Editing Aldus Manutius (section)

===Imprint and motto===
Manutius adopted the image of a dolphin wrapped around an anchor as his [[Publishing|publisher's device]] in June 1502. The dolphin-and-anchor symbol is associated with the phrase ''[[festina lente]],'' meaning "make haste slowly," indicating quickness combined with firmness in the execution of a great scheme. The symbol and phrase were taken from a Roman coin minted during Emperor [[Vespasian]]'s reign that was given to Manutius by Pietro Bembo.

Manutius's editions of the classics were so highly respected that the dolphin-and-anchor device was almost immediately pirated by French and Italian publishers. Many modern organizations use the image of a dolphin wrapped around an anchor. The device has been used by the nineteenth-century London firm of [[William Pickering (publisher)|William Pickering]], and by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]. The international honor society for library and information science, [[Beta Phi Mu]], uses the dolphin and anchor as its insignia.