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MANUZIO, ALDO, the Younger; et al. Orthographiae ratio. 800; 167, [41] pages. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, later vellum, worn, spine darkened; margins trimmed not affecting text, stains and old scored inscription on title, occasional soiling, free endpapers lacking. Venice: Aldine press, 1566
Second edition, substantially enlarged, of a treatise on Latin spelling and punctuation originally published in 1561 when the author was 14. "It included, under different names, the modern comma, semicolon, colon, and full point, or period. Most importantly, the younger Aldo stated plainly for the first time the view that clarification of syntax is the main object of punctuation" (EB). Renouard, page 201.
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