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...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...
...into a readable and attractive form. The printer who does this the most successfully is the one who best answers the expectations of the public, and ought to be encouraged. As early as the fifteenth century typographical beauty was considered an object to be sought, and the family of Aldus has gained lasting renown by their success in this field. An Aldine copy of Lucius Fiorus (Venetiis, 1521) in my possession exhibits a distinctness of typography and general excellence of appearance that for those infant days of the art are quite commendable. Of this class of printers, to whom...