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The term "Aldine edition" is derived from Aldus Manutius, a 16th century Venetian printer who invented a print type that enabled the printing of a book small enough to put into one's pocket. It was designed to appeal to the general reader who could conveniently carry the book around and read it at any time leisure permitted. The term first applied to the print type itself. However, the term "Aldine edition" came to refer to the pocket size of the book.

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