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Aldus Manutius
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Latin name of Aldo Manucci or Manuzio
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pronunciation:
[aldus manootius]
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| (c.1450–1515)
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| Scholar and printer, born in Sermoneta, Latium, Italy. He was the founder of the Aldine Press, which produced the first printed editions of many Greek and Roman classics. He had beautiful founts of Greek and Latin type made, and was the first to use italics on a large scale. |
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