Daniele Clario asks Aldus to be kept in the know of Aldus’ editorial endeavors and specifically requests two books for the teaching of Greek. Moreover, he complains that Aldus writes too seldom to him. Clarius Parmensis Aldo suo S. {1} Sperabam literas meas et aureos quatuor iam te accepisse, quos Andronico Spandolino, prestantissimo iuveni…
This letter from Daniele Clario provides curious insights into the complex and widespread network of friendships among the intellectuals of the republic of letters and into how they were maintained and expanded over space and time. On the one hand, Clario introduces to Aldus a young man seeking entrance his circle (and has him bear…