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The Man Who Changed Reading Forever - by Barbie Latza Nadeau/ Travel/ SmithsonianMag.com
"The Venetian roots of revolutionary modern book printer Aldus Manutius shaped books as we know them today.
Among the narrow cobbled sidewalks and winding canals of Venice’s Sant’Agostin neighborhood is a pretty yellow palazzo, its balcony overflowing with pink astoria flowers. Amid the ornate windows and lush flower boxes, it’s easy to miss a small plaque, carved in stone and written in formal Italian, commemorating one of the most important men in publishing history. This was the home of Aldus Manutius, says the plaque, and it was from here that “the light of Greek letters returned to shine upon civilized peoples.”..."
A 17th-century engraving of the revolutionary printer (Bridgeman Images, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris)
Richard
"The Venetian roots of revolutionary modern book printer Aldus Manutius shaped books as we know them today.
Among the narrow cobbled sidewalks and winding canals of Venice’s Sant’Agostin neighborhood is a pretty yellow palazzo, its balcony overflowing with pink astoria flowers. Amid the ornate windows and lush flower boxes, it’s easy to miss a small plaque, carved in stone and written in formal Italian, commemorating one of the most important men in publishing history. This was the home of Aldus Manutius, says the plaque, and it was from here that “the light of Greek letters returned to shine upon civilized peoples.”..."
A 17th-century engraving of the revolutionary printer (Bridgeman Images, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris)
Richard