Pietro Verri (Milan 1728-1797) sheds light on the nature of human passions and the mechanisms of pleasure, anticipating the new theories of unconscious mental processes, which spur men to act in the pursuit of happiness. 

Limited edition of 20 copies which include a graphic work by Giulio Paolini expressly made for this book. Each is individually elaborated with pencil over it, signed and numbered from 1/20 to 20/20. Four additional copies are artist's proofs.

Language: Italian.

Upon request and without additional charge, subscribed copies can be personalised with an inscription (i.e.: "Copy printed for John Doe”) to be printed on the book.

The masterpieces of 19th-century type design.

A collection of 50 specimens typeset by hand in original 19th-century metal movable types.

Limited and numbered edition of 150 copies.

This unique type specimen book allows one to appreciate the types in their original design, without the intervention of digital manipulation. In fact, this is the only collectable series typeset by hand in original foundry types, cast between the 1800’s and 1890’s by the most notable European and North-American foundries.

Fifty 20th-century masterpieces of Advertising created by the world’s foremost type designers. 

This unique type specimen book allows one to appreciate the types in their original design, without the intervention of digital manipulation. In fact, this is the only collectable series typeset by hand in the original foundry types, cast between the 1900’s and 1970’s by the most notable European and North-American foundries.

Fifty 20th-century masterpieces of Advertising created by the world’s foremost type designers. 

This unique type specimen book allows one to appreciate the types in their original design, without the intervention of digital manipulation. In fact, this is the only collectable series typeset by hand in the original foundry types, cast between the 1900’s and 1970’s by the most notable European and North-American foundries.

The masterpieces of 19th-century type design.

A collection of 50 specimens typeset by hand in original 19th-century movable metal types.

Limited and numbered edition of 150 copies.

This unique type specimen book allows one to appreciate the types in their original design, without the intervention of digital manipulation. In fact, this is the only collectable series typeset by hand in original foundry types, cast between the 1800’s and 1890’s by the most notable European and North-American foundries.

Fifty 20th-century masterpieces of Advertising created by the world’s foremost type designers. 

This unique type specimen book allows to see types in their original design, without the intervention of digital manipulation. In fact, this is the only collectable series typeset by hand in original foundry types, cast between the 1900’s and 1970’s by the most notable European and North-American foundries.

The masterpieces of 19th-century type design.

A collection of 50 specimens typeset by hand in original 19th-century movable metal types.

Limited and numbered edition of 150 copies.

This unique type specimen book allows one to appreciate the types in their original design, without the intervention of digital manipulation. In fact, this is the only collectable series typeset by hand in original foundry types, cast between the 1800’s and 1890’s by the most notable European and North-American foundries.

Fifty 20th-century masterpieces of Advertising created by the world’s foremost type designers. 

This unique type specimen book allows one to appreciate the types in their original design, without the intervention of digital manipulation. In fact, this is the only collectable series typeset by hand in original foundry types, cast between the 1900’s and 1970’s by the most notable European and North-American foundries.

Portfolio of 36 loose prints.

This is the second boxed set of the “Archive of Styles - WOOD” series, ant it is dedicated to medium-sized (6 to 25 lines) Italian wood types. 

The other two boxed sets are devoted to big (up to 118 lines) and small (up to 8 lines) Italian wood types, respectively. 

This 36-character series is printed from wood types cut by hand in Italy between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century.

For a century and a half, billboards and theater posters printed using wooden type had shaped the urban landscape of Italian streets and squares, giving them an unmistakable character.

The size of the type blocks in this set ranges from 6 to 25 lines, equivalent to about 2,5 to 11 centimeters.

Limited edition of 88 numbered copies.

Fifty 20th-century masterpieces of advertising created by the world’s foremost type designers. 

This unique type specimen book allows one to appreciate types in their original design, without the intervention of digital manipulation. In fact, this is the only collectable series typeset by hand in original foundry types, cast between the 1900’s and 1970’s by the most notable European and North-American foundries.

Limited edition of 50 numbered copies typeset by hand in metal movable types, letter by letter.

This 8-page booklet is a homage to Italian type designer Aldo Novarese in the centenary year of his birth (1920-2020).
The types were used for the hand-typesetting were Dattilo, Estro, Eurostile, Garaldus, Stop, Egizio, Forma. These were all designed by Novarese, and cast by Nebiolo Foundry in Turin.