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Aldus Manutius and the development of Greek script & type in the fifteenth century / by Nicolas Barker ; with original leaves from the first Aldine editions of Aristotle, 1497 ; Crastonus' Dictionarium Graecum, 1497 ; Euripides, 1503 ; and the Septuagint, 1518.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio Z232.M3 B37 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barker, Nicolas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515.
- Manuzio, Aldo.
- Greek type.
- Printing--History.
- Printing.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 115 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, samples ; 34 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sandy Hook, Conn. : Chiswick Book Shop, 1985.
- Notes:
- "Design and calligraphy by Stephen Harvard"--T.p. verso.
- "Printed and bound by Meriden-Stinehour Press ... in an edition of 200 copies"--T.p. verso.
- Issued in slipcase.
- Includes 4 specimen leaves illustrating all four of Aldus's Greek types.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1986 from Chiswick Book Shop (Sandy Hill, Conn.).
- RBC copy: slip case retained.
- RBC copy has prospectus ([4] p. : ill. ; 32 cm.) for this work laid in.
- RBC copy has from Aristotle's Organon (Goff A-959) v. 4, leaf 95 (unsigned; leaf 3m3[mu]7) bound in. Super-chancery folio. Leaf 3m3[mu]7r: 30 lines, plus headline; area of text: 217 (227) x 127 mm. With foliation and catchword. Leaf size: 298 x 200 mm.
- RBC copy has from Johannes Crastonus's Lexicon Graeco-Latinum (Goff C-960) leaf [88] (unsigned; leaf l7) bound in. Chancery folio, printed in double columns. Leaf l7r: 42 lines to a full column; area of text: 238 x 138 mm.; col. width: 58 mm. Without foliation or catchwords. Leaf size: 293 x 212 mm.
- RBC copy has from Euripidou tragōdiai heptakaideka (EDIT 16 CNCE 18373) leaf [upsilon]1 bound in.
- RBC copy has from Panta ta kat' exochēn kaloumena Biblia theias dēladē graphēs palaias te, kai neas (EDIT 16 CNCE 5750) leaf 79 bound in.
- OCLC:
- 12670810
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