Thursday, February 26, 2015

GROLIER CLUB EXHIBITS "THE FIRST PAPERBACKS"

Anyone who has ever sat in a cafe, or in the bath, with a paperback owes a debt to Aldus and the small, cleanly designed editions of the secular classics he called libelli portatiles, or portable little books. (New York Times)
A Tribute to the Printer Aldus Manutius, and the Roots of the Paperback

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