Finding Aid for the Collection of Portraits of Members of the Manuzio Family, ca. 1550-1950
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Finding Aid for the Collection of Portraits of Members of the Manuzio Family, ca. 1550-1950
Collection number: 392
UCLA Library, Department of Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, August 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Collection of Portraits of Members of the Manuzio Family,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1550-1950
Collection number: 392
Extent:
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: The Manuzio family were renowned Venetian printers. Aldo Manuzio (1449 or 50-1515) was a Venetian printer who founded the
Aldine Press and started the Hellenic Academy at Venice that contributed to the cause of learning in Italy. The collection
consists of 26 portraits, mostly engravings, of members of the Manuzio family of printers.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
The Grolier Club, purchase.
[Identification of item], Collection of Portraits of Members of the Manuzio Family (Collection 392). Department of Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4232850
The Manuzio family were renowned Venetian printers. Aldo Manuzio (1449 or 50-1515) was a Venetian printer who founded the
Aldine Press, which issued 96 works of 27 Greek authors; he started the Hellenic Academy at Venice, contributing greatly to
the cause of learning in Italy; his son Paolo, born in Venice on June 12, 1512, succeeded his father in the management of
the Press; also became known as a humanist scholar for his work on Cicero; he died on April 6, 1574 in Rome.
Collection consists of 26 Italian, German, and French portraits, mostly engravings, of members of the Manuzio family of printers,
mainly of the elder Aldo and Paolo, with one of the younger Aldo.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515--Portraits.
Manuzio, Paolo, 1512-1574--Portraits.
Manuzio family--Portraits.
Note
Description derived from in-house card file.
A Collection of Portraits of Members of the Manuzio Family
Physical Description: (1 box)
Scope and Content Note
There are 26 portraits of members of the Manuzio family of printers, mainly of the elder Aldo and Paulo, with one of the younger
Aldo.