1508.] 
employed the time which he passed in 
that city, by visiting its libraries and mu- 
seums. Ile neglected none of the ancient 
monuments with which that city abounds, 
knowing the study of them to be so ne- 
cessary in those pursuits which engaged 
liis attention, and particularly in render- 
ing valuable his work on orthography. 
After the appearance of this work, Daus- 
quius, Cellarius and otber learned men, 
wrofe upon the same subject; but they 
have not supers:ded the work of Aldus, 
which indeed is amongst the most useful 
of his various publications. ire 
In 15638, during the stay of Aldus at 
Rome, a Sallust with notes and fragments 
-collected by him, appeared from his ta- 
ther’s press. He prefixed a dedication to 
the Jesuits of that city, which, however, 
is not found in some copies, dated from 
Venice 1563. Paulus Manvtius beheld 
with the most lively satisfaction, that li- 
ferary pursuits engaged the attention of 
his son atso early an age; which, at the 
ame time that they reflected upon him 
much honour, were laying the foundation 
of his future greatness, and. preserving 
him froni the evils inseparable from idle- 
yess and dissipation. 
At what time Aldus returned to Ve- 
nice is unknown, but certainly several 
years before his father, who, as we have 
seen, continued at Rome till 1570, du- 
ring which period the press at Venice, 
which was in a great measure under the 
‘direction of Aldus, produced few new 
works; it was principally engaged in re- 
rinting those which had, before issued 
trom the Aldine press. In 1571, Aldus 
published a ‘** Velleius Paterculus,”* which 
his family had not yet printed, and whicht 
Fr. Asulanus, at the time that the first 
edition was printed at Basle in 1520 by 
eatus Rhenauus, iguorantly believed to 
be a modern work, or one posterior to 
In his preface to | 
the time of Augustus. 
Livy 1513, he thus expresses himself: 
* Basilccnes impressores aliud genus sce- 
leris commiserunt: hi enim historiam 
quandam rerum Romanarum sub pomine 
Paterculi ediderunt, cum aibil fere Lati- 
num in ea legatur quod Auyusti tempora 
jredoleat, quibus illum foruisse aiunt,” 
Ge ane Dam ae ano Tren Faber. 
* In this edition of »Velleius Paterculus 
Aldus widely departed from the just and lau- 
dable practice of his predecessors of publicly 
acknowledging the aid whch they. received 
from others. The learned Puteanus gave to 
Aldus his notes on this author, from which 
he tock as much only as he thought fit, and 
gave it to the world as his own. 
Memoirs of Aldus the Younger. 
37 
In the year 1572, Aldus married 
Francesca Lucrezia of the family of the 
Giunti of Florence, a branch of which had 
been a long time established at Venice, 
and there exercised the art of printing 
with considerable reputation, In 1574, 
having, by the death of his father, be- 
come proprietor of the press, which he 
had for some time solely conducted, Al- 
dus did not abandon his private pursuits, 
and in 1575 he published “ Le Locutioni 
dell’ Epistole di Cicerone,” 8vo. “ Epi- 
tome Orthographiz,’” 8vo. and also in the 
following year a Commentary upon Ho- 
race’s Art of Poetry, and a small~buat 
learned volume, “ De Quaesitis per Epis- 
tolam,” in which he discusses thirty ques- 
tions of antiquity; which dissertations 
have since been reprinted in several col- 
lections. ; , 
About this time he was chosen pro- 
fessor of belles lettres, and reader in 
the schools of the chancery, where young 
men were instructed, who aspired to 
offices of state in the republic. In 1580, 
he reprinted his “ Eleganzé,” &c. with 
many additions. 
A. short journey to Milan, which he 
undertook in 1582, where he was kindly 
received by Cardinal Charles Borromeo, 
gave him an opportunity of forming a 
friendship with Goselini, who, in one of 
his letters, says, that when Aldus quitted 
him, he went to Ferrara, where he saw 
the unfortunate Torq. Tasso in the most 
deplorable condition, “ non per lo senng, 
del quale gli parve -al lungo ragionare 
ch’egli ebbe seco, intero e sano, ma per 
Ia nudezza e fame, ch’egli pativa pri- 
gione, e privo della sua liberta,” &c. 
Tn 1588, Aldus published his complete 
edition of Cicero in. 10 vols. folio, with 
very ample commentaries. This is the 
most voluminous work that has appeared 
from this press; but it must not be sup~ 
posed that it was the production of one 
year. Since 1578, several of the works 
of Cicero had been successively printed 
in folio, and in 1583, Aidus completed in 
four volumes his philosophical and, ora- 
torical works, whicli alone were wanting, 
and gave new titics to six other volumes 
in order-to form a complete and uniform 
edition. 
His professorship of eloquence and of 
the belles lettres at Venice, could, not 
fail to attract a number of auditors, 
among whom were some young Vene- 
tian noblemen, for whose use he drew 
up a sinall treatise, entitled “ Il Perfette 
Gentilhuomo,” which he printed in 1584, 
nearly at ihe time that he was deprived 
of 
