print email comment close Hypnerotomachia Poliphili URL: http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/HP/ Description: The "complete electronic facsimile" of the original Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499), attributed to Leon Battista Alberti by Liane Lefaivre and printed by early Renaissance Venetian publisher Aldus Manutius. Includes a synopsis, textual commentary, and information on the typography, woodcuts, and technical innovations of this first edition of a work that "has surprised its readers with its vast knowledge of architecture and landscape and garden design, [and] also engineering, painting and sculpture." From the MIT Press. Publisher: Delft University of Technology and MIT Press Extra Keywords incunabula Library of Congress Subject Headings: Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 Colonna, Francesco, d. 1527. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515 Printing -- History LII Database Information: Record 12997 created by Tom McGibney on 09/22/2002 Last modification on 09/25/2002 Published: 09/22/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12997