Vita di Aldo Pio Manuzio, Insigne Restauratore delle lettere greche, e latine in Venezia
Features
Author: Domenico Maria Manni
Publisher: Giambattista Novelli
Place of printing: Venice
Year of publication: 1759
Product Condition:
Exemplary in acceptable condition. Rustic hardback binding rather damaged and loose: dust spots and brown stains on the plates; trace of label on the front plate almost completely removed. Spine with serious damage to the upper portion and widespread abrasions: calligraphic title almost completely erased; number 135 handwritten on the lower portion. Written in pencil on the front pastedown. Irregular cuts with dust spots. Ex-libris paper slip applied to the first flyleaf. Frontispiece portrait missing. Damp stain on the upper edge from the beginning of the text to the middle of C. Hole at the upper margin in C3. Manual corrections to the text in C7. Text in Italian language.
Pages: (14),72
Format: Eighth
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 21
Width: 15
Description
On the frontispiece, a beautiful engraving that exalts the art of typography: a female figure placed in front of a printing press directs a team of cherubs in the various tasks of a typography, with a scroll indicating her as Artium et Scientiarum Ministra. Aldo's biography is followed by a catalog of his editions and the Index of writers from which the author took his biographical information. Engraved drop caps and heads.
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