![]() ![]() A fresh copy.īorn the son of a printer, the Florentine Domenico Maria Manni (1690–1788) wrote a number of biographies of Italian printers, including this on Aldus Manutius, “the Venetian savior of Greek and Latin letters.” The biography is followed by a shortlist of publications of Aldus the Elder. One of the most reliable 18th-century biographies of Aldus, with a short bibliography at the end. Splendid title vignette fine portrait by Antonio Baratti several text engravings and woodcuts. Venice, Presso Giambatista Novelli, 1759.įIRST EDITION. Vita di Aldo Pio Manuzio, insigne restauratore delle lettere Greche e Latine in Venezia. ![]() #rarebooks #aldus #aldusmanutius #aldinepress #aldine #aldiniana #manutius #oldbook #oldbooks #specialcollections #antiquarian #aldomanuzio #edizionialdine #aldineedition #aldineeditions #bibliography #biography #livesĮarly biography of Aldus Manutius, AN EXCEPTIONALLY FRESH AND CLEAN COPY. This work constitutes not only the earliest but also one of the most important sources on Aldus and his activity as a printer. The rare first edition of the first published biography of Aldus Manutius including "the first real attempt at an Aldine bibliography" (Grolier, Aldus). List of works from his press." Untrimmed copy with deckled edges, light browning and occasional marginal foxing. A biography of Aldus Manutius and an account of his printing-office and types. The work is divided in three sections: "Section I. Wittenberg, Ex Officina Viduae Scheffleriae, 1753.įIRST EDITION. De Aldi Pii Manutii Romani vita meritisque in rem literatam liber Ungeri singularis. UNGER, Christian Gottlieb, and Samuel Luther GERET. #ancientcoins #aldus #aldusmanutius #renaissance #venice #historyofprinting #pietrobembo #hypnerotomachia #numismatik #romanhistory #roman_empire #archaeological #romancoinsĪldus Manutius, his first published biography. Reverse: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, dolphin coiled around an anchor. Obverse: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right Very nice condition with sharp and clear imprint. Dolphin entwined around anchor on one side, and Draped bust of Tutus, turning right on the other side. Before it appears as his printer's device for the first time, he used it as an illustration in one of his most magnificent books, Colonna's "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili", 1499.ġ8 mm. He was extremely taken by the magnificent logo, that in Roman times, by Titus Vespasian, had been used to illustrate the proverb "Festina lente" ("make haste slowly"), and was so inspired by it that he began using it as his printer's device at the very beginning of the 16th century. The Aldus coin is the only printing-related ancient coin in existence.Īldus Manutius, the most famous printer of all times, had been given a copy of the Titus coin, with the dolphin-and-anchor logo on the verso, as a gift by Pietro Bembo. O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.Excellent specimen of the beautiful and rare coin that inspired Aldus Manutius' famous printer's device, the dolphin-and-anchor, the most famous logo in the history of book printing and the trademark of the Renaissance. ![]() Get PDF Forms Using Acrobat® and LiveCycle® Designer Bible now with the O’Reilly learning platform. Of course, when it comes to LiveCycle Designer, the Mac community feels completely left out, and the continual cry from the Mac audience is "when will we see LiveCycle Designer appear on the Macintosh?"ĭespite what some users may think, Adobe is committed to serving a cross-platform audience. This is most evident when looking at Acrobat Pro on the Mac compared to Acrobat Pro Extended on Windows. Using Illustrator 4 on Windows was clunky and very slow, and Photoshop didn't appear on Windows until Aldus Photostyler on Windows went into retirement.Īs Adobe evolved with much more sophistication and support for Windows applications, Macintosh users at times felt a little betrayed seeing more support and more features available for Windows applications than Mac applications. When Adobe began developing cross-platform software, the initial incarnations of the Windows versions took a backseat to their Macintosh counterparts. Nothing appeared on Windows until Windows 3 was released much later in the 1990s. If you were one of the first to purchase Adobe Photoshop in 1989, you definitely used a Macintosh computer.Īdobe began its life serving Macintosh users. If you used Adobe Illustrator back in 1986, you used Illustrator on a Macintosh. If you used PostScript fonts back in 1985, you were an Adobe customer and a Macintosh user. Converting Designer forms to Acrobat forms ![]()
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