The Afterlife of Aldus: Posthumous Fame, Collectors and the Book Trade

Customers in the US and Canada can purchase the link here: https://bit.ly/2M3fDa7This volumepresents six papers from a one-day colloquium held at the Warburg Institute inFebruary 2015 on the legacy of Aldus Manutius, marking the 500th anniversary ofhis death, together with three additional contributions. Rather than examining Aldus'sown output, the nine papers focus on how the notion of `Aldine books' haschanged over 500 years in Europe and North America, from the early days of theAldine press to modern and contemporary book collecting and the antiquariantrade. The volume also includes a catalogue of the exhibition `Collecting the Renaissance: The Aldine Press(1494-1598)', held in the British Library in conjunction with thecolloquium. Addressing a wide readership of scholars, booksellers andcollectors, The Afterlife of Aldus aimsto stimulate further research on areas fundamental for understanding Aldus'slong-lasting fortuna. The conference, the exhibitionand this volume have received generous financial support from the Bibliographical Society, CERL and BernardQuaritch Ltd.