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Printing Industry

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When Aldo Manuzio established the Aldine Press in Venice in 1494, we became the printing capital of the world almost overnight — our merchants had the gold to finance it, our scholars the Greek and Latin to edit it, and our trade routes to carry the finished books to every court in Europe. The italic typeface, the affordable pocket octavo, and the authoritative editions of Plato, Aristotle, and Virgil that Aldo produced set a standard that no press on the continent has since matched. This mastery of the book trade gives Venice a commercial and intellectual reach that extends far beyond what our galleys can carry, making the ideas that flow from our presses as valuable as the spices in our warehouses.

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