More than 900 volumes make up the library's Aldus Manutius collection - works produced by the great humanist printer of Renaissance Venice and his heirs. Founded in 1494 by Aldus, Aldine Press printed the celebrated Aldine editions of Herodotus, Plato, Plutarch, Euripides, Aeschylus, Ovid, Caesar, and other Greek and Latin classics.
These elegant books are impressive for their high standard of technical execution, artistry and scholarliness. Many are stored in original parchment or leather bindings dated back the 16th - 17th centuries. Some have later morocco covers, often made by the 19th century famous European bookbinders.
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