A NOTE ON THE TYPE
Reading edition
This book was typeset in 12 Point Aldine Roman and printed on 70# laid ivory text. The type is designed after that of the Italian printer, Aldus Manutius, a classical scholar and friend of Erasmus. Aldus founded the Aldine Press in 1494 in Venice. He employed Francesco Griffo of Bologna, an independent punch cutter to produce the Roman font that bears his name. Italics were first designed by the Aldine Press in the year 1501. The book was designed and produced by the Pilgrim Publishers of Kingston, Massachusetts.