Aldine Press - Revision history

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	* [http://www.nd.edu/~italnet/Dante/text/1502.venice.html 1502, Venice: ALDUS MANUTIUS]		* [http://www.nd.edu/~italnet/Dante/text/1502.venice.html 1502, Venice: ALDUS MANUTIUS]
	* [http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/search-resources/guide-to-special-collections/atoz/aldine-collection/ Rylands Aldine collection]		* [http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/search-resources/guide-to-special-collections/atoz/aldine-collection/ Rylands Aldine collection]
			* [https://archive.org/details/bibliographicals00goldrich/page/n8/mode/1up A bibliographical sketch of the Aldine press at Venice]

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	==Publications==		==Publications==
	A partial list of publications from the Aldine Press cited from ''Aldus Manutius: A Legacy More Lasting than Bronze''.~~<ref>{{cite book\|last1=George Fletcher\|first1=Scott Clemons\|title=Aldus Manutius: A Legacy More Lasting than Bronze\|date=2015\|publisher=The Grolier Glub\|location=New York}}</ref>~~		A partial list of publications from the Aldine Press cited from ''Aldus Manutius: A Legacy More Lasting than Bronze''.
	*''Musarum Panagyris'' Aldus Manutius, after March 1497 and before March 1491.		*''Musarum Panagyris'' Aldus Manutius, after March 1497 and before March 1491.
	*''Erotemata cum interpretatione Latina'' Constantine Lascaris, 8 March 1495.		*''Erotemata cum interpretatione Latina'' Constantine Lascaris, 8 March 1495.

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	[[Category:15th-century establishments in the Republic of Venice]]		[[Category:15th-century establishments in the Republic of Venice]]
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 ===Imprint and motto===
 In 1501, Aldus used as his publisher's device the image of a [[dolphin]] wrapped around an [[anchor]]. "The dolphin and anchor device owed its origins most immediately to Pietro Bembo. Aldus was to tell Erasmus six years later that Bembo had given him a silver coin minted under the Emperor Vesparian and bearing an image of this device" The image of the dolphin and anchor on the coin came with a saying, "Festina Lente", meaning "make haste slowly". This would become the motto for the Aldine Press.
 ==The Aldine Press after 1515==
 [[Aldus Manutius]] the Elder died on February 6, 1515. After his death the firm was run by Andrea Torresani and his daughter, Maria, the widow of Aldus Manutius. The Aldine Press was named in 1508 as "In the House of Aldus and Andrea Torresano" which kept this name until 1529. In 1533, [[Paulus Manutius]] managed the firm, starting it up again and changing its name to "Heirs of Aldus and Andrea Torresano". In 1539 the imprint changed to "Sons of Aldo Manuzio". In 1567 [[Aldus Manutius the Younger]] continued the business until his death.

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	===Imprint and motto===		===Imprint and motto===
	In 1501, Aldus used as his publisher's device the image of a [[dolphin]] wrapped around an [[anchor]]. "The dolphin and anchor device owed its origins most immediately to Pietro Bembo. Aldus was to tell Erasmus six years later that Bembo had given him a silver coin minted under the Emperor Vesparian and bearing an image of this device" The image of the dolphin and anchor on the coin came with a saying, "Festina Lente", meaning "make haste slowly". This would become the motto for the Aldine Press.		In 1501, Aldus used as his publisher's device the image of a [[dolphin]] wrapped around an [[anchor]]. "The dolphin and anchor device owed its origins most immediately to Pietro Bembo. Aldus was to tell Erasmus six years later that Bembo had given him a silver coin minted under the Emperor Vesparian and bearing an image of this device" The image of the dolphin and anchor on the coin came with a saying, "Festina Lente", meaning "make haste slowly". This would become the motto for the Aldine Press.


			==The Aldine Press after 1515==
			[[Aldus Manutius]] the Elder died on February 6, 1515. After his death the firm was run by Andrea Torresani and his daughter, Maria, the widow of Aldus Manutius. The Aldine Press was named in 1508 as "In the House of Aldus and Andrea Torresano" which kept this name until 1529. In 1533, [[Paulus Manutius]] managed the firm, starting it up again and changing its name to "Heirs of Aldus and Andrea Torresano". In 1539 the imprint changed to "Sons of Aldo Manuzio". In 1567 [[Aldus Manutius the Younger]] continued the business until his death.

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	[[Image:Title page of Herodotus' history of the Greek and Persian Wars 1502.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[Italian language\|Italian]] translation of [[Herodotus' Histories]] by Count [[Matteo Maria Boiardo]], published in [[Venice]], Aldine Press in 1502 (1533?).]]		[[Image:Title page of Herodotus' history of the Greek and Persian Wars 1502.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[Italian language\|Italian]] translation of [[Herodotus' Histories]] by Count [[Matteo Maria Boiardo]], published in [[Venice]], Aldine Press in 1502 (1533?).]]
	[[Aldus Manutius]], the founder of the Aldine Press, was originally a humanist scholar and teacher. Manutius met Andrea Torresani, who had acquired publishing equipment from [[Nicolas Jenson\|Nicholas Jensen]]'s widow. The Aldine Press was originally owned half by Pier Francesco Barbarigo, the nephew of the current doge of the time, [[Agostino Barbarigo]], and the other half by Andrea Torresani. Manutius owned one fifth of Torresani's share. Manutius mainly was in charge of the scholarship and editing, leaving financial and operating concerns to Barbarigo and Torresani. In 1496, Aldus established his own location in a building called the ''Thermae'' in the [[San Polo\|Sestiere di San Polo]]. The building was later demolished in 1873. Manutius lived and worked in the ''Thermae'' to produce published books from the Aldine Press. This was also the location of the "New Academy", where a group of Manutius' friends, associates, and editors came together to translate Greek and Latin texts.		[[Aldus Manutius]], the founder of the Aldine Press, was originally a humanist scholar and teacher. Manutius met Andrea Torresani, who had acquired publishing equipment from [[Nicolas Jenson\|Nicholas Jensen]]'s widow. The Aldine Press was originally owned half by Pier Francesco Barbarigo, the nephew of the current doge of the time, [[Agostino Barbarigo]], and the other half by Andrea Torresani. Manutius owned one fifth of Torresani's share. Manutius mainly was in charge of the scholarship and editing, leaving financial and operating concerns to Barbarigo and Torresani. In 1496, Aldus established his own location in a building called the ''Thermae'' in the [[San Polo\|Sestiere di San Polo]]. The building was later demolished in 1873. Manutius lived and worked in the ''Thermae'' to produce published books from the Aldine Press. This was also the location of the "New Academy", where a group of Manutius' friends, associates, and editors came together to translate Greek and Latin texts.

			==Accomplishments of the Aldine Press==
			The press was started by Manutius based on his love of classics and the need of preservation of Hellenic studies. At first the press printed new copies of Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek and Latin classics. Manutius also printed dictionaries and grammars to help people interpret the books, used by scholars wanting to learn Greek to employ learned Greeks to teach them directly. Historian [[Elizabeth Eisenstein]] claimed that the fall of [[Constantinople]] in 1453 had threatened the importance and survival of Greek scholarship, but publications such as those by the Aldine Press secured it. [[Erasmus]] was one of the scholars learned in Greek with whom the Aldine Press partnered in order to provide accurately translated text. The Aldine Press also expanded into current languages, mainly Italian and French. [[image:Aldus Manutius LOC photo meetup 2012.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Aldus Manutius LOC photo meetup 2012]]
			===Humanist typefaces===
			Aldus Manutius hired [[Francesco Griffo]] to create a typeface designed to reproduce the written hand of the humanists. This resulted in the first roman face adapted and known today as [[italic type]]. It was first used to print [[Pietro Bembo\|Cardinal Pietro Bembo's]] ''De Aetna'' in 1495. Before this time print publishing used block letters, the look of handwriting as print was a new phenomenon and, try as he might to prevent it, Manutius' typeface was illegally copied, spreading through Europe.

			===Aldus Manutius the Elder's portable books===
			In 1505 Manutius produced plain texts in useful form, using the term ''[[enchiridion]]'', meaning a manual or small, hand-held weapon. The [[octavo]] was the first appearance of the editio minor, a straightforward text, established as well as the editor can manage. Although these new, portable books were not cheap, the books of the Aldine Press did not force upon their buyers a substantial investment that large volumes of text and commentary demanded during this era. The editio minor, instead, brought financial and logistical benefits to those interested in the classics. An individual didn't have to go to the book, rather now the book came along with them.

			===Imprint and motto===
			In 1501, Aldus used as his publisher's device the image of a [[dolphin]] wrapped around an [[anchor]]. "The dolphin and anchor device owed its origins most immediately to Pietro Bembo. Aldus was to tell Erasmus six years later that Bembo had given him a silver coin minted under the Emperor Vesparian and bearing an image of this device" The image of the dolphin and anchor on the coin came with a saying, "Festina Lente", meaning "make haste slowly". This would become the motto for the Aldine Press.

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	The press enjoyed a [[Printing patent\|monopoly]] of works printed in Greek in the Republic of Venice, effectively giving it copyright protection. Protection outside the Republic was more problematic, however. The firm maintained an agency in Paris, but its commercial success was affected by many counterfeit editions, produced in Lyons and elsewhere.		The press enjoyed a [[Printing patent\|monopoly]] of works printed in Greek in the Republic of Venice, effectively giving it copyright protection. Protection outside the Republic was more problematic, however. The firm maintained an agency in Paris, but its commercial success was affected by many counterfeit editions, produced in Lyons and elsewhere.

			==Beginnings==
			[[Image:Title page of Herodotus' history of the Greek and Persian Wars 1502.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[Italian language\|Italian]] translation of [[Herodotus' Histories]] by Count [[Matteo Maria Boiardo]], published in [[Venice]], Aldine Press in 1502 (1533?).]]
			[[Aldus Manutius]], the founder of the Aldine Press, was originally a humanist scholar and teacher. Manutius met Andrea Torresani, who had acquired publishing equipment from [[Nicolas Jenson\|Nicholas Jensen]]'s widow. The Aldine Press was originally owned half by Pier Francesco Barbarigo, the nephew of the current doge of the time, [[Agostino Barbarigo]], and the other half by Andrea Torresani. Manutius owned one fifth of Torresani's share. Manutius mainly was in charge of the scholarship and editing, leaving financial and operating concerns to Barbarigo and Torresani. In 1496, Aldus established his own location in a building called the ''Thermae'' in the [[San Polo\|Sestiere di San Polo]]. The building was later demolished in 1873. Manutius lived and worked in the ''Thermae'' to produce published books from the Aldine Press. This was also the location of the "New Academy", where a group of Manutius' friends, associates, and editors came together to translate Greek and Latin texts.

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'''Aldine Press''' was the [[printing]] office started by [[Aldus Manutius]] in 1494 in [[Venice]], from which were issued the celebrated Aldine editions of the classics (Latin and Greek masterpieces plus a few more modern works). The first book that was dated and printed under his name appeared in 1495.

The Aldine Press is famous in the history of [[typography]], among other things, for the introduction of [[italics]]. The press was the first to issue printed books in the small [[octavo (book)|octavo]] size, similar to that of a modern paperback, and like that intended for portability and ease of reading. According to Curt Buhler, the press issued 132 books during twenty years of activity under Aldus. After Aldus’ death in 1515 the press was continued by his wife, Maria and her father, Andrea Torresani, until his son, Paulus Manutius (1512–1574) took over. His grandson [[Aldus Manutius the Younger]] then ran the firm until his death in 1597. Today, the antique books printed by the Aldine Press in Venice are referred to as ''Aldines''.

The press enjoyed a [[Printing patent|monopoly]] of works printed in Greek in the Republic of Venice, effectively giving it copyright protection. Protection outside the Republic was more problematic, however. The firm maintained an agency in Paris, but its commercial success was affected by many counterfeit editions, produced in Lyons and elsewhere.