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Aldus Manutius (c. 1450–1515), arguably the best-known Renaissance printer, was eager to offer the highest editorial and typographical standards in his editions. Not even Aldus, however, was immune to typographical errors and occasional disasters. This chapter provides a checklist of all known in-house corrections found in the first five years of his printed production (1495–1500), examining various approaches to deal with errors, and addressing the question of how typographical flaws help us understand early printing practices. The sheer number of misprints, alterations, and interventions observed in this handful of editions should serve as a reminder that Renaissance print shops were far from the idealised, almost clockwork descriptions that one still occasionally finds in modern secondary literature, and Manutius’s was no exception: printing was, simply put, a highly complex and messy business. |
