About Aevum Lectio

Aevum Lectio is an independent press that publishes public-domain classics in new, carefully made editions. Every book has a checked text, short notes that explain what time has made obscure, and a page designed for reading.

The name comes from Latin: aevum, an age or the span of a lifetime, and lectio, reading. We like the idea of books that outlive their first readers and still deserve to be read.

What we do

We choose works that belong to everyone and do around them the work that is usually missing: checking the text against more than one source, updating spelling only when necessary and saying clearly what was changed, writing footnotes that help today’s reader, and setting a page that is a pleasure to read.

The original text remains free for everyone. What is ours in each edition is the notes, the typesetting and the cover.

Who edits

The editor is Diego Ribeiro de Souza, in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The notes are the editor’s: each rests on a source that can be checked, and when a fact could not be confirmed, the passage is left without a note.

Where we are

E-books are sold on this site. Print editions (paperback, hardcover and cloth with dust jacket) are coming soon, shipped within the United States. To reach us, see the contact page.