"THE LITTLE BLACK DEVIL."
,/When Aldus Manutins set up in business as. a printer at Venice, lie catne into possession of a little negro boy. This boy was known over the city as " the little black devil" who assisted the mysterious bibliofactor ; and some of the most ignorant people believed him none other than the embodiment oi Satan, who helped Aldus in the prosecution of his profession. One day Manutins, desiring to dispel this strange hallucination by publicity, displayed the young imp to the poorer classes. Upon this occasion he made this short characteristic speech : " Be
it known to Venice, that I, Aldus Manutius, printer to the Holy Church and Doge, have this day made public exposure of the Printer's Devil ! All those who think ho is not flesh and blood may come and pinch hirn."
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Kumara Times, Issue 1171, 30 June 1880, Page 3
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136"THE LITTLE BLACK DEVIL." Kumara Times, Issue 1171, 30 June 1880, Page 3
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