Paulus Manutius

...Also, the small book format (octavo) that he preferred was welcomed as a new and convenient format by readers who had been accustomed to large handwritten books. After his death, the publishing house founded by Aldus Manutius was taken over by his youngest son Paulus Manutius (1512-74), who moved the headquarters of publishing activities to Rome and continued to prosper by publishing mainly the works of Cicero. After Paulus' death, the publishing house was taken over by his son Aldus II Manutius (1547-1597), who had the same name as his grandfather, and continued publishing while working as a university professor, but when Aldus II died without a successor, the publishing house was closed and the collection of books that had been collected since the first generation was dispersed. ...

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…また彼が好んで採用した小型本(八つ折判)の判型は，それまで大型の手写本に慣れていた読者層から，新しく簡便な判型として歓迎された。　アルドゥス･マヌティウスが創設した出版所は，彼の死後その末子パウルスPaulus Manutius(1512‐74)が引き継ぎ，出版活動の本拠をローマに移し，おもにキケロの著作集などを出版して繁栄を続けた。パウルスの死後，出版所はその息子で祖父と同名のアルドゥス2世Aldus Manutius(1547‐1597)が継承して大学教授の務めのかたわら出版を続けたが，アルドゥス2世が後継者を残さずに死ぬと，出版所は閉鎖され，初代以来収集してきた蔵書群も散逸した。…

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