aldine

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Definition of aldine in English English dictionary

Describing the typography used in these publications

Of or pertaining to the publications of Aldo Manuzio, Venetian printer

An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin

The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works

Hyphenation

Al·dine