{"id":1567,"date":"2017-07-06T09:39:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T13:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2017-07-24T15:13:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T19:13:27","slug":"highlights-from-the-rare-book-collection-aldine-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/2017\/07\/highlights-from-the-rare-book-collection-aldine-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights from the Rare Book Collection: Aldine Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

These two volumes of the works of Cicero, which are part of the Tullio Ascarelli collection, are examples of books from the Aldine press. The Aldine press was founded in Venice by Aldus Manutius (Aldo Manuzio, c. 1449-1515). Manutius was educated as a humanist and sought to preserve classical Greek literature by printing many significant Greek works. He also printed notable Latin and Italian authors. Manutius is also known for his contributions to typography. His firm was the first to use italic type, and introduced books in the octavo format, which can be considered as the equivalent of the modern paperback. His goal was to print small, inexpensive books for scholars. Books published by the Aldine press can be identified by the unique printer\u2019s device, which depicts a dolphin and an anchor. After his death, Manutius\u2019 firm was carried on by his son Paulus, followed by his grandson, Aldus.<\/p>\n

M.T. Ciceronis epistolarum ad Atticum, ad Brutum <\/em>was printed in 1513, presumably under the direction of Aldus Manutius. Rhetoricorum<\/em> ad C. Herennium <\/em>was printed under the direction of Manutius\u2019 son Paulus (Paolo) in 1559.<\/p>\n

\"M.T.<\/a>
M.T. Ciceronis epistolarum ad Atticum, ad Brutum \/\/ ad Quintum fratrem, libri XX.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rhetoricorum<\/a>
Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium libri IIII. incerto auctore<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

References:<\/p>\n

“Aldus Manutius.” In\u00a0The Columbia Encyclopedia<\/em>, by Paul Lagasse, and Columbia University. 7th ed. Columbia University Press, 2017.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

“Aldus (?1450 – 1515).” In\u00a0Thames & Hudson Dictionary of the Italian Renaissance, The<\/em>, edited by J. R. Hale. Thames & Hudson, 2006.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAldine Collection.\u201d Stanford Libraries.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, and Aldo Manuzio, Andreas Torresanus, de Asula, Titus Pomponius Atticus, M Junius Brutus.\u00a0M.T. Ciceronis epistolarum ad Atticum, ad Brutum \/\/ ad Quintum fratrem, libri XX.\u00a0<\/em>Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri., mense Iunio 1513.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, and Paolo Manuzio. Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium libri IIII. incerto auctore.\u00a0<\/em>Venetiis: Apud Paulum Manutium, 1559 [Colophon: Venetiis, apvd Pavlvm Manvtivm, Aldi filivm, M.D. LIX.].<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These two volumes of the works of Cicero, which are part of the Tullio Ascarelli collection, are examples of books from the Aldine press. The Aldine press was founded in Venice by Aldus Manutius (Aldo Manuzio, c. 1449-1515). Manutius was educated as a humanist and sought to preserve classical Greek literature by printing many significant … Continue reading “Highlights from the Rare Book Collection: Aldine Press”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3870,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rare-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1567"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}