EditorialA Nymph from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream), Plate 55 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century); printed by Aldus Manutius (Italian, 1449-1515); commissioned by Leonardo Crasso (...
EditorialPoliphilus Meeting the Venerable Matron (recto) and Poliphilus in a Rocky Place (verso) from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream) Plate 54 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century); pr...
EditorialTitle page of Prosper Marchand, Histoire de l'origine de l'imprimerie, 1740, Title page of 'Histoire de l'origine de l'imprimerie' by Prosper Marchand, 1740. On a cloud is a personification of the printing press with a printing press. It is flanked by ...
EditorialA Nymph from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream), Plate 55 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century); printed by Aldus Manutius (Italian, 1449-1515); commissioned by Leonardo Crasso (...
EditorialPoliphilus Meeting the Venerable Matron (recto) and Poliphilus in a Rocky Place (verso) from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream) Plate 54 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century); pr...
EditorialA Nymph from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream), Plate 55 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century); printed by Aldus Manutius (Italian, 1449-1515); commissioned by Leonardo Crasso (...
EditorialPoliphilus Meeting the Venerable Matron (recto) and Poliphilus in a Rocky Place (verso) from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream) Plate 54 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century); pr...
EditorialA Nymph from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream), Plate 55 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century); printed by Aldus Manutius (Italian, 1449-1515); commissioned by Leonardo Crasso (...
EditorialPoliphilus Meeting the Venerable Matron (recto) and Poliphilus in a Rocky Place (verso) from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream) Plate 54 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century); pr...
EditorialAldus Pius Manutius (1449-1515). Italian humanist . Engraving by Yenetta. Grolier (seated) with Aldus Manutius. El Mundo Ilustrado, 1880. Colored engraving.
EditorialAldus Pius Manutius (1449-1515). Italian humanist who became a printer and publisher when he founded the Aldine Press at Venice. Engraving by Yenetta. Grolier (seated) with Aldus Manutius. El Mundo Ilustrado, 1880.
EditorialA Pastoral Landscape with Shepherds Playing a Viola and Panpipes. Dated: 1496/1497. Dimensions: page size: 31 x 20.3 cm (12 3/16 x 8 in.) overall size (book closed): 32.4 x 21.6 cm (12 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache heightened with p...
EditorialAldus Pius Manutius (1449-1515). Italian humanist . Engraving by Yenetta. Grolier (seated) with Aldus Manutius. El Mundo Ilustrado, 1880. Colored engraving.
EditorialAldus Pius Manutius (1449-1515). Italian humanist who became a printer and publisher when he founded the Aldine Press at Venice. Engraving by Yenetta. Grolier (seated) with Aldus Manutius. El Mundo Ilustrado, 1880.
EditorialThe printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg (Gensfleisch von Gutenberg) between 1436 and 1455. Printing blocks are for the works of Aldus Manutius, Italian Humanist, printer and publisher of Greek and Roman literature.