Aldus & His Dream Book: An Illustrated Essay - Softcover

Barolini, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0934977224 ISBN 13: 9780934977227

Publisher: Italica Press, 2008

Synopsis

A tribute to the life and work of the pioneering scholar-publisher, Aldus Manutius (1449/50-1515). Helen Barolini's text discusses Aldus, his education, his publishing vision, his typographic innovations, and his famous Venetian press. At the same time, this book reproduces all the illustrations, and many of the full pages, from the Aldine press edition of Francesco Colonna's "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili."

About this title

Product Description:

Aldus and his Dream Book:

About the Author:

Helen Barolini is the author of seven books, including "Chiaroscuro: Essays of Identity," also published by the University of Wisconsin Press. She has received an American Book Award for "The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women," and her essay "How I Learned to Speak Italian" was selected for "The Best American Essays, 1998."

About this edition

• Publisher: Italica Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0934977224
• ISBN 13: 9780934977227
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244