156. THE BOOK OF ALDUS MANUTIUS WITH FOUR ORIGINAL LEAVES FROM 1497-1518 PRINTED IN 200 COPIES.

Barker, Nicholas. Aldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script & Type in the Fifteenth Century. With original leaves from the first Aldine editions of Aristole, 1497; Crastomus Dictionarium Graecum, 1497; Euripides, 1503 and the Septuagint, 1518. The Chiswick Bookshop, Sandy Hook, CT, 1985. First edition with 4 mounted original leaves from early Aldus prints: 1497, 1497, 1503 and 1518. Edition only 200 copies. Small folio in a red linen binding with gilt text on spine and front cover. In a red cassette. Richly illustrated with reproductions from the Arberen of Aldus Manutius. 115 p. + the original sheets.
Aldus Pius Manutius, Aldo Pio Manuzzi or Teobaldo Mannucci, born 1450, died 6 February 1515, was an Italian printer, active in Venice. He is considered the father of the Medieval Antikva typeface, and he invented the semicolon. He also became the progenitor of the Venetian printer family Manutius. Source Wikipedia.