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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Vergilius, Venice (1501) Source: scanned from the book held in the British Library: C.19.f.7 Citation: Vergilius (1501), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: i_1501 Full title Vergilius. Edited by Aldus Manutius Full title original language N/A Abstract This is the first book printed in the Italic invented by Francesco da Bologna, who is mentioned on the verso of the title. It was edited and printed by Aldus Manutius, who was the first to print classic authors in italic type and octavo format. The innovation proved epochal in regard to both the reduced format, permitting a price reduction and the abandonment of the international gothic for the more modern type. Aldo's Virgil appeared in April 1501, followed by Horace, Juvenal, and many others. All these editions were protected by a ten-year privilege obtained from the Venetian Senate in March 1501. Bibliography Castellani, Carlo, "I privilegi di stampa e la proprietà letteraria in Venezia: Dalla introduzione della stampa nella città fin verso la fine del secolo XVIII" (Venice: Fratelli Visentini, 1888) Didot, Ambroise-Firmin, "Alde Manuce et l'Hellenisme a Venise" (Paris: Didot, 1875) Gerulaitis, Leonardas V., "Printing and Publishing in fifteenth-century Venice" (Chicago: American Library Association, 1976) Infelise, Mario, "Baldassare Gabiano", DBI, sub voce idem., "Aldo Manutio", in DBI, sub voce. Lowry, Martin, "The world of Aldus Manutius: business and scholarship in Renaissance Venice" (Oxford: Blackwell, 1979) Renouard, Antoine-Auguste, "Annales de l"Imprimerie des Alde, ou histoire des trois Manuce et de leurs editions", 2 vols (Paris: Renouard, 1803) Shaw, D. J., "The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus"s Italic type: A new chronology", in "The Italian book 1465-1800: Studies presented to Denis E. Rhodes", ed. by D. V. Reidy (London, 1993), 117-133 Related documents in this database Author Virgilius Maro, Publius Publisher Aldus Manutius Location Venice Year 1501 Language Latin Source scanned from the book held in the British Library: C.19.f.7 Physical description 8vo, 228 leaves, on vellum. With illuminated initials and illuminated border to the first page of text. Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Griffo, Francesco (1450-1518) Manutius, Aldus (1449/50-1515) Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.) Persons referred to in commentary Griffo, Francesco (1450-1518) Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C.) Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis (c.55-c.140) Manutius, Aldus (1449/50-1515) Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.) Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary Venetian Senate Key words printing, history of privileges, Venetian typography Responsible editor Joanna Kostylo Copyright status (c) The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved, Licence No: 8716. Any copyright or database right that subsists in the Work or Reproduction remains the property either of the British Library Board or individual persons. The Work or Reproduction may not be used, sold, licensed, transferred, copied or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner or form or in or on any media to any person without the prior written consent of the British Library. Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). | |||||
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