Aldus Manutius and the Aldine Press in Venice (1494–1515)

1. Aldus Manutius establishes the Aldine Press

   Jan 1, 1494Labels: Aldus Manutius, Aldine Press, Venice

   • Britannica
   • Grolier

2. Aldus Manutius settles in Venice

   Jan 1, 1490Labels: Aldus Manutius, Venice, Humanist Scholarship

   • Britannica

3. First dated Aldine book: Lascaris’s Greek grammar

   Mar 8, 1495Labels: Lascaris Erotemata, Aldine Press

   • Grolier
   • Cambridge

4. Aldine Press established in Venice

   Jan 1, 1494Labels: Aldine Press, Venice, Printing Workshop

   • Britannica
   • Aldine Press

5. Aldine Aristotle begins a major Greek program

   Nov 1, 1495Labels: Aristotle edition, Aldine Press

   • OpenLibrary
   • DaLeT

6. Aldine Aristotle folio project begins

   Jan 1, 1495Labels: Aristotle Edition, Aldine Press, Greek Type

   • Britannica
   • Aldus Manutius

7. Bembo’s De Aetna showcases Aldine roman type

   Jan 1, 1496Labels: Pietro Bembo, Roman type

   • AldinePress
   • Britannica

8. First dated Aldine book: Lascaris grammar

   Mar 1, 1495Labels: Lascaris Erotemata, Aldine Press, Greek Grammar

   • Britannica
   • BYU Exhibit
   • JHU Thesis

9. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili demonstrates book design mastery

   Dec 1, 1499Labels: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Aldine Press

   • Britannica
   • Hypnerotomachia

10. Bembo’s *De Aetna* published by Aldus

    Feb 1, 1496Labels: Pietro Bembo, De Aetna, Francesco Griffo

    • Cambridge Exhibit
    • Britannica

11. Venetian Senate grants privilege for Aldine italic type

    Mar 23, 1501Labels: Venetian Senate, Italic type

    • GriffoGGL
    • AldusWiki

12. *Hypnerotomachia Poliphili* printed at Aldine Press

    Dec 1, 1499Labels: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Aldine Press, Woodcuts

    • Britannica
    • Hypnerotomachia

13. Aldine Virgil launches portable octavo classics

    Apr 1, 1501Labels: Virgil octavo, Italic type

    • ItalicType
    • Britannica

14. Portable octavo series and italic type introduced

    Apr 1, 1501Labels: Octavo Series, Italic Type, Francesco Griffo

    • Britannica
    • Notre Dame

15. Aldine Petrarch spreads a new vernacular standard

    Jul 1, 1501Labels: Petrarch edition, Pietro Bembo

    • Christie s
    • NotreDame

16. Aldine Petrarch edited by Bembo released

    Jul 1, 1501Labels: Petrarch, Pietro Bembo, Octavo Edition

    • Notre Dame
    • Christie s

17. Dolphin-and-anchor device adopted as Aldine trademark

    Jun 1, 1502Labels: Dolphin-and-anchor, Aldine Press

    • AldusWiki
    • PrintersMark

18. Dolphin-and-anchor printer’s device adopted

    Jun 1, 1502Labels: Dolphin-and-Anchor, Aldine Device, Festina Lente

    • Aldus Manutius
    • Printer s Mark

19. Aldine Dante in octavo reshapes Commedia printing

    Aug 1, 1502Labels: Dante octavo, Pietro Bembo

    • Cambridge
    • UNE

20. Aldine Dante *Commedia* published in octavo

    Aug 1, 1502Labels: Dante Commedia, Octavo Edition, Pietro Bembo

    • Cambridge Exhibit
    • UNE Chapter

21. Aldus marries Maria Torresani and consolidates the firm

    Jan 1, 1505Labels: Maria Torresani, Andrea Torresani

    • Britannica
    • AldusWiki

22. Manutius marries Maria Torresani; imprint shifts

    Jan 1, 1505Labels: Aldus Manutius, Maria Torresani, Andrea Torresani

    • Britannica
    • Aldus Manutius

23. League of Cambrai forces Aldus to flee Venice

    Jul 1, 1509Labels: League of, Aldine Press

    • AldusSFU
    • Britannica

24. Manutius detained while traveling for manuscripts

    Mar 1, 1506Labels: Aldus Manutius, Manuscript Travel, Marquisate of

    • Aldus Manutius
    • TECA Article

25. Aldine work resumes after the wartime hiatus

    Dec 1, 1512Labels: Aldine Press, Post-war restart

    • AldusSFU
    • Britannica

26. Erasmus works with Aldus in Venice

    Apr 1, 1508Labels: Desiderius Erasmus, Aldus Manutius, Adagia Edition

    • Christie s
    • SFU Aldus

27. First complete Plato in Greek printed by Aldus

    Sep 1, 1513Labels: Plato editio, Aldine Press

    • WorthLibrary
    • UIllinois

28. Lucretius becomes Aldus’s last completed book

    Jan 1, 1515Labels: Lucretius edition, Aldine Press

    • Cambridge
    • NLM

29. Aldus Manutius dies; Aldine legacy continues

    Feb 6, 1515Labels: Aldus Manutius, Torresani family

    • Britannica
    • AldinePress