Un interesante capítulo en la historia del libro: los prefacios de Aldo Manucio a sus ediciones de textos griegos y latinos

Abstract

The aim of this work is to review and examine the volumes of the collection The I Tatti Renaissance Library on the prefaces that the editor based in Venice Aldus Manutius (c.1451-1515) wrote as preambles for his numerous editions of Latin and Greek texts, in light of the importance that such editions had for the dissemination of classical culture from Renaissance to the present day.

Keywords

• Aldus Manutius
• history of books
• editions of Latin and Greek classics
• Humanism
• Renaissance
• prefaces