Aldo Pio Manuzio Collection (VMF109), 1959 | MSS Manuscripts

Scope and Contents: 1959: January - February. Review of Manuzio and his thesaurus cornucopiae of 1496.  Prologue translated by Antiji Lemke. Introduction by Donald P. Bean. [Syracuse, Syracuse University Press circa 1958] Author unknown. Includes An Aldus prologue-book, typescript with manuscript revisions, and Aldus as an editor, typescript with manuscript revisions, which appear to be earlier drafts of the final draft. In all the drafts the reviewer discusses what Manuzio was attempting to do in the thesaurus, the great effort Manuzio expended in compiling it, and the physical appearance of the facsimile. In the final version the reviewer also mentions a smaller edition. 6 pages