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Orson Whales from Alex Itin on Vimeo.

Though universally denominated a dolphin, I nevertheless call this book-binder’s fish an attempt at a whale; because it was so intended when the device was first introduced. It was introduced by an old Italian publisher somewhere about the 15th century, during the Revival of Learning; and in those days, and even down to a comparatively late period, dolphins were popularly supposed to be a species of the Leviathan.

- Moby Dick, Herman Melville

Melville and the book, recalling Aldus Manutius…