Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
from 1499
Venice
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is a book, made Dec. Book, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, vbi hvmana omnia non nisi somnivm esse docet, by Francesco Colonna, Venice: Aldus Manutius, Dec.
Also recorded as Poliphilo's Strife of Love in a Dream · Hypnérotomachie
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
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Aldus Manutius
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Ant. Aug.Renouard (1803) (in French) Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde, ou Histoire des trois Manuce et de leurs éditions (1st ed.), À Paris: chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard, at frontispiece http://www.
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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1499 (Victoria and Albert Museum, museum.: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, consulted for Hypnerotomachia Poliphili) • Description: Book, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, vbi hvmana omnia non nisi somnivm esse docet, by Francesco Colonna, Venice: Aldus Manutius, Dec. 1499 (Victoria and Albert Museum, museum.: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, consulted for Hypnerotomachia Poliphili) • Object: Book (Victoria and Albert Museum, museum.: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, consulted for Hypnerotomachia Poliphili) • Place of origin: Venice (Victoria and Albert Museum, museum.: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, consulted for Hypnerotomachia Poliphili) • Held by: Victoria and Albert Museum (Victoria and Albert Museum, museum.: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, consulted for Hypnerotomachia Poliphili) • Title: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Victoria and Albert Museum, museum.: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, consulted for Hypnerotomachia Poliphili)
Illustrated romance printed at Venice by Aldus Manutius in 1499.
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1- Aldus ManutiusPrinter
Printed by Aldus Manutius at Venice in 1499.
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Hypnerotomachia PoliphiliVictoria and Albert Museum
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 13 August 2026 · VAL-ENT-2026-000004.
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