Atlas is from the Ancient Greek legend of the titan who was forced to bear the weight of the world on his shoulders after losing the war with the gods (first picture is of the famous Farnese Atlas). Thought I’d make a post explaining my name. In delivery related news 📰 our man Sam from Pour Man's was in today with their BRAND NEW Black Market Black IPA and Aldus Brewing Company Salted Caramel Pretzel 🥨 Wheat is FRESH and back in stock.Ĭheers 🍻 #south #county #is #so #beautiful #destination #brewery #york #pa #pizza #beer #happy #pizzaboy #sunny #side #up #tomato #pie #tomatopie #pour #mans #aldus #breskibeverage #harrisburg #harrisburgpa #centralpa #cheers 🌟 FRESH PAINTING WITH LIGHT CANS ON THE WAY 🌟Īnd since today is National Pizza Day… had to stop by Pizza Boy for a Sunny Side Up 🍳 and Tomato Pie 🍅 👍 Those Sprouts are something SPECTACULAR 🤤 You gotta get down here if you haven’t already 💯 today for lunch and beers 🍻 They have a true destination brewery in York, it is BEAUTIFUL 🤩 Virgil w/Coffee & Vanilla was 🔥 and paired Painting With Light with their French Onion Soup and Brussel Sprouts. #aldus #rarebooks #aldusmanutius #manutius #manuzio #aldinepress #edizionialdine #aldomanuzio #alde #aldemanuce #portrait #profileportrait #oldbooks #biography #biographies #renaissanceman #manofletters #learned #antiquarian #bookloverĪ visit to South County Brewing Co.
The frontispiece bears an engraving of Aldus by Antonio Baratti (1724–1787). A fresh copy.īorn the son of a printer, the Florentine Domenico Maria Manni (1690–1788) wrote a number of biographies of Italian printers, including this on Aldus Manutius, “the Venetian savior of Greek and Latin letters.” The biography is followed by a shortlist of publications of Aldus the Elder. One of the most reliable 18th-century biographies of Aldus, with a short bibliography at the end. Splendid title vignette fine portrait by Antonio Baratti several text engravings and woodcuts. Venice, Presso Giambatista Novelli, 1759.įIRST EDITION. Vita di Aldo Pio Manuzio, insigne restauratore delle lettere Greche e Latine in Venezia. #rarebooks #aldus #aldusmanutius #aldinepress #aldine #aldiniana #manutius #oldbook #oldbooks #specialcollections #antiquarian #aldomanuzio #edizionialdine #aldineedition #aldineeditions #bibliography #biography #livesĮarly biography of Aldus Manutius, AN EXCEPTIONALLY FRESH AND CLEAN COPY. This work constitutes not only the earliest but also one of the most important sources on Aldus and his activity as a printer. The rare first edition of the first published biography of Aldus Manutius including "the first real attempt at an Aldine bibliography" (Grolier, Aldus). List of works from his press." Untrimmed copy with deckled edges, light browning and occasional marginal foxing. A biography of Aldus Manutius and an account of his printing-office and types. The work is divided in three sections: "Section I. Wittenberg, Ex Officina Viduae Scheffleriae, 1753.įIRST EDITION. De Aldi Pii Manutii Romani vita meritisque in rem literatam liber Ungeri singularis. UNGER, Christian Gottlieb, and Samuel Luther GERET. #ancientcoins #aldus #aldusmanutius #renaissance #venice #historyofprinting #pietrobembo #hypnerotomachia #numismatik #romanhistory #roman_empire #archaeological #romancoinsĪldus Manutius, his first published biography. Reverse: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, dolphin coiled around an anchor.
Obverse: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right Very nice condition with sharp and clear imprint. Dolphin entwined around anchor on one side, and Draped bust of Tutus, turning right on the other side. Before it appears as his printer's device for the first time, he used it as an illustration in one of his most magnificent books, Colonna's "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili", 1499.ġ8 mm. He was extremely taken by the magnificent logo, that in Roman times, by Titus Vespasian, had been used to illustrate the proverb "Festina lente" ("make haste slowly"), and was so inspired by it that he began using it as his printer's device at the very beginning of the 16th century. The Aldus coin is the only printing-related ancient coin in existence.Īldus Manutius, the most famous printer of all times, had been given a copy of the Titus coin, with the dolphin-and-anchor logo on the verso, as a gift by Pietro Bembo. Excellent specimen of the beautiful and rare coin that inspired Aldus Manutius' famous printer's device, the dolphin-and-anchor, the most famous logo in the history of book printing and the trademark of the Renaissance.
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