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<p>[QUOTE="2manycats, post: 5672166, member: 13761"]Further, "Basileae" is Latin for 'Basel', Switzerland, once a hotbed of printing; "Venetijs" (or Venetiis) is Latin for 'Venice', and "Vinegia" is older Italian for the same, likewise a major center of printing in the day, as the home base of one of the fathers of publishing, Aldus Manutius. </p><p><br /></p><p>"Apud" is Latin for 'at', meaning in this context, 'at [the printing house of]', so typically you'll have the name of the city and name of the printer, then the year. </p><p><br /></p><p>"Getrukt" and "Apresso" are, I believe, older versions of words meaning 'printed' in German & Italian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manycats, post: 5672166, member: 13761"]Further, "Basileae" is Latin for 'Basel', Switzerland, once a hotbed of printing; "Venetijs" (or Venetiis) is Latin for 'Venice', and "Vinegia" is older Italian for the same, likewise a major center of printing in the day, as the home base of one of the fathers of publishing, Aldus Manutius. "Apud" is Latin for 'at', meaning in this context, 'at [the printing house of]', so typically you'll have the name of the city and name of the printer, then the year. "Getrukt" and "Apresso" are, I believe, older versions of words meaning 'printed' in German & Italian.[/QUOTE]
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