MANUTIUS, Aldo.

Phrases latinae linguae, tabulis declineatae Opera Petri Carpenterii Antverpii, Roterodamensis Schola Rectoris. Cum Indicibus amplissimis; Latino priore, altero Teutonico. Harderwijk, widow Thomas Hendrickx, 1622. 4to (186 x 130 mm). Contemporary vellum.

      (4),298,(42) pp. v.d. Aa II, p. 62; Van Stockum/Kleerkoper, pp. 347-349; Wittop Koning, Harderwijkse Boekdrukkers, p. 43, 143; NBG XXXIII, 310-315. Schoolbook with Latin phrases, compiled from the writings of Aldo Manutius by Petrus Carpentier, printed at Harderwijk. Aldo Manutius the Younger (1547-1597) came from a renowned family of classical scholars and printers. His grandfather, who was also called Aldo published many works by classical authors, among others the first Greek edition of Aristotle (NBG XXXIII, 290). His father Paul was a great Cicero scholar and famous for his brilliant style. Aldo the Younger continued the family tradition with the publication of classical studies and a complete edition of Cicero's work (1583). After teaching rhetoric at Bologne and literature in Pisa, he became simultaneaously professor in Rome in 1590 and director of the Vatican printing house, the latter position having been offered to him by Pope Clemens VIII. In producing a textbook for the study of eloquence, Petrus Carpentier, rector of the Rotterdam grammar school, could not have consulted the work of a greater authority than Aldo Manutius. Carpentier does not mention from which of Manutius' textbooks (for a list, see Brunet III, 1384-1385) these phrases have been taken. Carpentier arranged them alphabetically with their Dutch translation and in orderly paradigms. He also made the extensive Dutch and Latin indexes.Carpentier used gothic lettertype for the Dutch text, roman type for the Latin text, whereas the Latin phrases in the paradigms are printed in italic type. The use of different printing types and the clear layout add to the attractiveness of the book.V.d. Aa mentions 1603 as the year of the first edition, which concurs with the date of April 1603 in the introduction by Carpentier. The work present was printed in Harderwijk in 1622 by the widow of Thomas Hendrickx at the request of Hendrik Laurenz, bookseller in Amsterdam (Van Stockum/Kleerkoper). Wittop Koning mentions the commercial connections between Amsterdam booksellers and Harderwijk printers, and gives several examples of cooperations between H. Laurenz and Th. Hendrickx (p. 43).Handwritten ownership entry on title page, ex-libris on inside cover. Unobtrusive annotations in index.