Author: MARTIN LOWRY
Title: The world of Aldus Manutius. Business and scholarship in renaissance Venice
Description: Basil-Blackwell, 1979. Linnen band met stofomslag. Pp: 350. This book provides a fascinating and meticulous examination of the life and work of the scholar-printer, Aldus Manutius, by describing his background, outlook, method of business and effect on the intellectual life of his time.The early part of the study examines the situation of the press in Venice prior to Aldus's entry to his new career in middle life. Martin Lowry then analyses the business-organization of the Aldine Press, its output and the impact of its work on contemporary Venetian intellectual life. Aldus's editorial methods are examined in the light of surviving press-copies and show how he did a good deal to prepare the ground for later and better critics. A final chapter traces Aldus's immense influence on intellectual life in France, Germany, England, Poland and Hungary and concludes with an assessment of his overall contribution to the development of the printed book. ISBN: 0631195300. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 0631195300
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Title: The world of Aldus Manutius. Business and scholarship in renaissance Venice
Description: Basil-Blackwell, 1979. Linnen band met stofomslag. Pp: 350. This book provides a fascinating and meticulous examination of the life and work of the scholar-printer, Aldus Manutius, by describing his background, outlook, method of business and effect on the intellectual life of his time.The early part of the study examines the situation of the press in Venice prior to Aldus's entry to his new career in middle life. Martin Lowry then analyses the business-organization of the Aldine Press, its output and the impact of its work on contemporary Venetian intellectual life. Aldus's editorial methods are examined in the light of surviving press-copies and show how he did a good deal to prepare the ground for later and better critics. A final chapter traces Aldus's immense influence on intellectual life in France, Germany, England, Poland and Hungary and concludes with an assessment of his overall contribution to the development of the printed book. ISBN: 0631195300. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 0631195300
Price: EUR 45.00 = appr. US$ 48.91 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2564630
- Book number: 2564630
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