Aldus Manutius, the Younger ( it, Aldo Manuzio il Giovane) (13 February 1547 — 28 October 1597) was the grandson of

Aldus Manutius Aldus Pius Manutius (; it, Aldo Pio Manuzio; 6 February 1515) was an Italian printer and humanist who founded the Aldine Press. Manutius devoted the later part of his life to publishing and disseminating rare texts. His interest in and preserv ...

and son of

Paulus Manutius Paulus Manutius ( it, Paolo Manuzio; 1512–1574) was a Venetian printer with a humanist education, the third son of the famous printer Aldus Manutius and his wife Maria Torresano. Life As a young man, Paulus Manutius moved to Venice to get an e ...

. He was the last member of the

Manuzio Aldus Pius Manutius (; it, Aldo Pio Manuzio; 6 February 1515) was an Italian printer and humanist who founded the Aldine Press. Manutius devoted the later part of his life to publishing and disseminating rare texts. His interest in and preserv ...

family to be active in the

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that his grandfather founded.

Life

At the age of eleven, a work was published under his name, ''Eleganze della lingua Latina e toscana''. Manutius the Younger was appointed to manage the Venice press while his father, Paulus Manutius, was away in

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. In 1572 he married

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of the

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of Florence. After his father's death in 1574, Manutius became the head of the printing establishment. In 1585 he accepted the chair of Rhetoric at Bologna, travelling to Pisa in 1587 and on to Rome in 1588. In 1590 Manutius managed the

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Angelo Rocca Angelo Rocca (1545, in Rocca, near Ancone – 8 April 1620, in Rome) was an Italian humanist, librarian and bishop, founder of the Angelica Library at Rome, afterwards accessible from 1604 as a public library. Biography Angelo Rocca is also kn ...

, who established the

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, one of the oldest libraries, was associated with him. On 28 October 1597 he died in Rome at 50 years of age.

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* 1547 births 1597 deaths Italian printers Italian publishers (people) 16th-century Italian businesspeople Harold B. Lee Library-related rare books articles {{italy-business-bio-stub