a. [f. Aldus prop. name + -INE1.] Printed or produced by Aldus Manutius, a celebrated Venetian printer in the 16th c.; adopted also as a distinctive title of a modern series of books; and applied to certain styles of display types.
1785. [J. Robertson], Ess. Punctuation, iii. 158. They [Italic characters] are sometimes called cursive, from their resembling what is termed a running hand; and sometimes Aldine, from the inventor.
1802. Dibdin, Classics, Introd. 27. A most beautiful copy of this Aldine edition.
1837. Hallam, Hist. Lit., I. I. vi. 257. (Aldus) … introduced (in 1501) a new Italian character, called Aldine.
