quotHypnerotomachia Poliphiliquot by Francesco Colonna Bookworm History

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Episode 1: On dolphins, anchors, and the Strife of Love in a Dream • 'Hypnerotomachia Poliphili' • By Francesco Colonna • In today's episode we're diving into the story behind one of the most beautiful and mysterious books ever printed: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili by Francesco Colonna, printed in Venice in 1499 by famed printer Aldus Manitius. • If you have any questions or suggestions of books you'd like to see featured, leave them in the comments! And don't forget to Like this video and subscribe to the channel! • Also, be sure to check out our blog for more stories of literary history at bookwormhistory.wordpress.com and give us a follow on twitter @bookwormhistory. • For more info on the HP and Aldus: • Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: http://www.amazon.com/Hypnerotomachia... • Aldus and His Dream Book: http://www.amazon.com/Aldus-Dream-Boo... • In Praise of Aldus Manutius: http://archive.org/details/inpraiseof... • A scanned copy of the HP (free to download): http://diglib.hab.de/wdb.php?dir=inku... • And, as always, thanks for stopping by!

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