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Aldus Manutius
Aldus Manutius was an Italian humanist and printer who founded the Aldine Press in Venice in the 1490s. He published the first printed editions of many Greek classics, introduced italic type and the small portable octavo book, and helped make Venice the leading centre of European printing. He had earlier been tutor to the princes of Carpi, Alberto and Lionello Pio, who supported his press.
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