[Rarebooks] FS: Two on Aldus Manutius

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Offerd today: 

Two books on the late, great Renaissance publisher, Aldus Manutius. 

[ALDUS MANUTIUS] CLEMONS G. SCOTT and FLETCHER, H. GEORGE. 

_Aldus Manutius: A Legacy More Lasting than Bronze_. 

New York: The Grolier Club, 2015. 

4to. 11 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches. (352) pp. Half-title, frontispiece portrait,
title page with red dolphin and anchor decoration, 141 exhibition
entries illustrated in color, bibliography, indexes; text clean,
unmarked. Gilt-stamped green cloth, spine title blocked in black;
binding square and tight. Fine. 

$ 95 

LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies design and typography by Jerry Kelly.
Catalog of an exhibition at the Grolier Club, February 25 to April 25,
2015. Aldus Manutius (1455-1515) was the greatest printer of the Italian
Renaissance. Aldus was the first to print the canon of Greek classics,
the first to print in italic type, and the first to publish books in a
portable format. Includes 2 essays, "Jean Grolier, Aldus Manutius, and
the Aldine Press" by H. George Fletcher and "Jean Grolier's 1514 Aldine
Virgil on Blue Paper" also by Fletcher, and a Preface by Clemons and
Fletcher. The 141 books in the exhibition were published by the Aldine
Press; most came from private collections and had not been previously
exhibited. 

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[ALDUS MANUTIUS] LOWRY, MARTIN. 

_The World of Aldus Manutius: Business and Scholarship in Renaissance
Venice_. 

(Ithaca, NY): Cornell University Press, (1979). 

8vo. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. [viii], 350 pp. Half-title, figures, 8
plates, bibliography, index; text clean, unmarked. Green cloth, spine
titled in gilt, top edge stained red, dust-jacket; binding square and
tight, top edges of jacket with shelf wear, jacket lightly rubbed. "JBE"
rubber stamp on bottom edge, else Fine. 

$ 100 

FIRST EDITION. This book focusses on the life and work of Aldus Manutius
(1449-1515), printer and man of letters, his background, his business
practices, and his impact on the intellectual life of his times. 

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