Word: aldus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...whole group is a product of the Aldine Press. It is also the oldest, its date being 1501. Aldus Pius Manutius was a Venetian and did some of the most excellent work of any of the earlier printers. He reached the height of his art in 1501 when he printed editions of Virgil, Horace, Juvenal and Martial. Of the edition of Virgil only a few defective copies remain. It is impossible to find even a nearly perfect volume. Aldus also was the inventor of italics...
...connection with the course on the History of Printing, given in the Graduate School of Business Administration, there will be an exhibition illustrating the work of the Venetian printers, including Jenson, Ratdolt and Aldus, in the Treasure Room of the College Library, today, tomorrow and Saturday. The exhibition will be open to members of the University from 10 to 5 o'clock, and to other visitors in the afternoons...
...Book EXHIBIT IN THE COLLEGE LIBRARY. "Venetian Printers: Jenson, Ratdolt, and Aldus." Treasure Room, Gore Hall, 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. The exhibition will be continued on Friday and Saturday during the same hours. Open to the public in the afternoon only...
...BOOK EXHIBIT IN THE COLLEGE LIBRARY. "Venetian Printers: Jenson, Ratdolt, and Aldus." Treasure Room, Gore Hall, 10 A. M. to 5 P. M. The exhibition will be continued on Friday and Saturday during the same hours. Open to the public in the afternoon only...