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Sonnet - UGO FOSCOLO
€60.00Broadsheet typeset by hand in movable types, printed letterpress on cotton paper made in Tuscany.Glass and wood frame with a single hook for vertical hanging. -
Trattato della vita elegante - Balzac
€280.00Upon request and without additional charge, the book can be personalised with a printed inscription (i.e.: "Copy printed for John Doe”), to be typeset by hand and printed at the beginning of the book.Limited edition of 225 copies typeset by hand and letterpress printed.Balzac makes a shrewd and ironic critique of the bourgeois society born after the French Revolution, revealing all its ridiculousness and clumsiness. In fact, elegance belongs to few.Those who climb the rungs of the social ladder have to continually invent new forms of distinction. This resulting cyclical renewal is what we call fashion. -
L’Infinito - Giacomo Leopardi
€480.00Limited edition of 9 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter, and letterpress-printed.
The essay by Davide Rondoni unveils the secrets and meanings of this universal sonnet, which relates the nature of man to the infinite.
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A discussion about printing - Anton F. Doni
€150.00Limited edition of 250 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter, and letterpress-printed.Bilingual English-Italian edition. First English appearance.Florence, late 15th century. An animated discussion takes place about the revolution prompted by the introduction of printing, in opposition to manuscript books.The discussion reflects the opposite attitudes that, in recent times, have divided public opinion about paperless digital information and printing. The arguments are pretty much the same: aesthetic beauty versus economic convenience, nostalgia as opposed to practicality. -
Lamine d'oro orfiche
€300.00Limited edition of 5 copies typeset by hand in original 19th-century movable types.
The ‘Orphic’ gold tablets are tiny scraps of gold foils engraved with precepts meant as instructions to enter the Afterlife. Those fascinating invocations are one of the first evidence of ancient Greek religion, and exerted a great influence on later Greek culture. -
ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΣΗΩΣ - ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ
€120.00Limited edition of 180 copies typeset by hand in original 19th-century types.Ancient Greek and Italian edition.«No printer is great if it does not print Greek. Without this effort it is impossible to serve Humanism. Because Humanism has two sources: Athens and Florence. Without these two corners of the world, it is not entirely certain that man would be able to get civilized, becoming a being able to oppose the immense power of individuality to mass action […]» Jean Zafiropulo. -
luca pacioli
€140.00Limited edition of 265 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter, and letterpress-printed.Biography. The adventurous life of Luca Pacioli, mathematician, economist, and Franciscan monk, the inventor of the double-entry accounting system, who befriended Leonardo da Vinci and designed the "dignissimus" alphabet.It includes 3 woodcuts, cut by hand and made expressly for this edition. -
carmi - catullo
€110.00Limited edition of 470 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter, and letterpress-printed.«Artists like Catullus, Raphael, and Mozart have been assigned by gods the privilege of tracing unique paths, which have the fleeting and eternal traits of the perfect moment. It is no coincidence that the blaze of this miracle consumes the life of the chosen one in a short time» Carlo Saggio -
ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΣΗΩΣ - ΑΝΑΞΑΓΟΡΟΥ
€120.00Limited edition of 190 copies typeset by hand in original 19th-century types.Ancient Greek and Italian edition.«No printer is great if it does not print Greek. Without this effort it is impossible to serve Humanism. Because Humanism has two sources: Athens and Florence. Without these two corners of the world, it is not entirely certain that man would be able to get civilized, becoming a being able to oppose the immense power of individuality to mass action […]» Jean Zafiropulo.
Known for his materialistic theories, the scientist and philosopher Anaxagoras (499-428 a. D.) is convinced that the world consists of an infinity of infinitesimal units that form all things, and that the sun is a burning rock. He taught in Athens for thirty years. -
NESSUN LUOGO E' ELEMENTARE - E. De Signoribus
€100.00A collection of poems and prose (some unpublished) by contemporary poet Eugenio De Signoribus, already winner of the Montale Prize (1989) and Viareggio Prize (2008).
Limited edition of 200 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter, and letterpress-printed. -
BOTO, IL DELFINO ROSA - M. THEÓPHILO
€130.00AMAZONIAN TALE PRINTED IN FIRST EDITION
Last few copies available, on sale from the Publisher’s collection on occasion of the Author’s eightieth birthday.
One of the most beautiful Amazonian myths, embodied by a child whose innocence can save the fate of humanity.
Limited edition of 170 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter, and letterpress-printed.
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PRINCIPI DELLA COSTITUZIONE ITALIANA
€110.00LAST COPIES AVAILABLE
The fundamental principles of the Constitution, upon which the Italian democracy is based: Sovereignty; Equality and Solidarity; the Right to Work; Religious confessions; Peace; the Flag; …
Limited edition of 370 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter, and letterpress-printed.
