Humanism and the Latin Classics

by Aldus Manutius

Aldus Manutius (c. 1451-1515) was the most important and innovative scholarly publisher of the Renaissance. His Aldine Press was responsible for more first editions of classical literature, philosophy, and science than any other publisher before or since. A companion volume to I Tatti's The Greek Classics (2016), Humanism and the Latin Classics presents all of Aldus's prefaces to his editions of works by ancient Latin and modern humanist writers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674971639
• ISBN13: 9780674971639
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.1"