Main entry:

Barolini, Helen, 1925-2023

Title & Author:

Aldus and his dream book : an illustrated essay / by Helen Barolini.

Publication:

New York : Italica Press, 1992.

Description:

xxii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204) and index.
Foreword / by Paul Brainerd. -- Printing comes to Italy. -- Aldus' earliest years. -- Aldus in Rome. -- Aldus in Ferrara and Carpi. -- Aldus arrives in Venice. -- The triumphs. -- The beginning of the Aldine Press. -- The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. -- The inscriptions. -- Aldus' later years. -- The gardens. -- The trophies. -- The precinct of Venus.

Summary:

This edition is certain to appeal to the historian, bibliophile, art historian, designer, and student of the many psychologically rich and emblematic illustrations that have delighted and intrigued generations of readers and scholars.

ISBN:

0934977224 (pbk.)
9780934977227 (pbk.)
0934977283 (limited special ed.)
9780934977289 (limited special ed.)

Subject:

Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515.
Colonna, Francesco, -1527. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515.
Colonna, Francesco, d. 1527. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Colonna, Francesco)
Printing Italy Venice History Origin and antecedents.
Printing Italy Venice History 16th century.
Printers Italy Biography.
Scholars Italy Biography.
Editors Italy Biography.
Imprimerie Italie Venise Histoire Origines et antécédents.
Imprimerie Italie Venise Histoire 16e siècle.
Imprimeurs Italie Biographies.
Savants Italie Biographies.
Éditeurs Italie Biographies.
Editors
Printers
Printing
Printing Origin and antecedents
Scholars
Gravures.
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Aldus)
Boekdrukkunst.
Printing Italy Venice History 15th century.
Printers Italy Venice 15th century.
Printers Italy Venice 16th century.
Venice (Italy) Imprints.
Italy
Italy Venice
Colonna, Francesco Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Editors Biography Italy
Manuzio, Aldo
Printers Biography Italy
Printing History 16th century Italy Venice
Printing History Origin and antecedents Italy Venice
Scholars Biography Italy

Form/genre:

Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
Bibliographies
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 92975
Call No.: ID:93-B78
Status: Available