Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aldine \Al"dine\ (?; 277), a. (Bibliog.)
   An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics)
   which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his
   family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and
   known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has
   also been applied to certain elegant editions of English
   works.