THIS VOLUME is composed in Poliphilus type, reproduced by the Lanston Monotype Corporation, London, from the Roman face designed in 1499 by Francesco Griffo, of Bologna, for Aldus Manutius, and originally used in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. The Italic is based upon that designed for Antonio Blado, Printer to the Holy See from 1515 to 1567.
The cover, a modern adaptation of the Grolier design used on Capella: L’Anthropologia, is designed by Enrico Monetti.
The illustrations, many now appearing in book form for the first time, were secured chiefly through the courtesy of the librarians of the British Museum, London; the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; the Laurenziana Library, Florence; the Ambrosiana Library, Milan; the Marciana Library, Venice; the Vatican Library, Rome; and from private collectors.
The plates of the illustrations were made by the Walker Engraving Company, New York City, and are printed on DeJonge’s Art Mat. The text paper is Warren’s Olde Style.
The typography, presswork, and binding are by the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts, under the personal supervision of William Dana Orcutt.
Transcriber’s Notes
- Illustrations have been positioned near the relevant text.
- Silently corrected typographical errors in the List of Illustrations and the Index.
- The page numbers in the List of Illustrations, the Index, and internal cross references reflect the locations in original text, but the hyperlinks point to the current locations.
- The ends of each chapter and some block quotes had line lengths that tapered smaller and smaller in a decorative way and did not end with a period. Because of the variable nature of electronic texts, the author’s intention sadly cannot be reproduced as intended.
- Illustration captions on numbered pages were in italic while captions on unnumbered pages were not. Italics removed to make illustration captions consistent.
- In some captions, measurements were in parenthesis and others were in brackets. Converted all to parenthesis for consistency.
- [Page 44]: Corrected “Typsetting” to “Typesetting”.
- [Page 170]: Added a thought break as the topic changes from Dobson to Twain.
- [Page 178]: Added a thought break as the topic changes from Twain to Norton.
- [Page 269]:The word “hopefulness” is not hyphenated in the original as part of the decorative tapered lines. The word has been rejoined.