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  • Sull’indole del piacere e del dolore - P. Verri

    €280.00

    Limited edition of 135 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter, and letterpress-printed.

    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. 

  • Supplemento estetico ai Manuali Tipografici

    €0.00

    – PRICE ON REQUEST

    The "Supplement" expands and enriches the themes addressed in the previous five volumes of the set of the "Manuali Tipografici".

    A volume in the 4to format (37x23 cm) of 144 pages typeset by hand in 12 pt Tallone type.

  • THE HORSES´ PRAYER

    €60.00
    Found in England upon a horse manger.
    Broadsheet 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. The frame is gilded with genuine gold leaf.
  • the nocturnal train - pablo neruda

    €280.00

    Limited edition of 48 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter.
    Tri-lingual edition
    (Spanish, Italian, and English).

    On the 13th December 1971 to Pablo Neruda was given the Nobel Prize of Literature.


    Fifty years after the awarding (1971-2021), the choice to print "The Nocturnal Train" (from "Sumario. Libro donde nace la lluvia", Tallone Editore, 1963, first edition) is a way to pay homage to the Poet who, like his friend Alberto Tallone, was an enthusiastic lover of steam locomotives, an archetype of a liberated time, that of poetry and travel, as expression of knowledge and dynamism.

  • TRATTATELLO IN LAUDE DI DANTE - BOCCACCIO

    €200.00

    Few copies left, now on sale from the archives of the Printer.

    Original 1969 edition.

    The life of Dante, already a legend a few years after his death, narrated by the greatest storyteller of his time, the author of the “Decameron”.

    Limited edition of 600 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter.

  • Trattato della vita elegante - Balzac

    €280.00
    Upon 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 193 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.



  • Viaggio nel Tahmisat - Lapo Sagramoso

    €2,500.00

    It includes an original watercolor painted by the author.
    Italian edition.

    Fictional novel.

    Printed in first edition, “Viaggio nel Tahmisat” is the chronicle of an adventurous journey into the exotic and legendary "Realm of Tahmisat", a land of unknown civilizations, out of time and desirable, narrated with a humorous and sublime language. 

    This edition is limited to 33 copies, each printed on a different, top-quality paper. Moreover, each copy includes an original watercolour painted by the author.



  • Viaggio nel Tahmisat - Lapo Sagramoso

    €2,800.00

    Only copy. It includes an original watercolor. Italian edition.

    Fictional novel.

    Printed in first edition, “Viaggio nel Tahmisat” is the chronicle of an adventurous journey into the exotic and legendary "Realm of Tahmisat", a land of unknown civilizations, out of time and desirable, narrated with a humorous and sublime language. 

    This edition is limited to 33 unique copies, each printed on a different, top-quality paper. Moreover, each copy includes an original watercolour painted by the author.



  • Viaggio nel Tahmisat - Lapo Sagramoso

    €2,600.00

    Only copy. It includes an original watercolor. Italian edition.

    Printed in first edition, “Viaggio nel Tahmisat” is the chronicle of an adventurous journey into the exotic and legendary "Realm of Tahmisat", a land of unknown civilizations, out of time and desirable, narrated with a humorous and sublime language. 

    This edition is limited to 33 unique copies, each printed on a different, top-quality paper. Moreover, each copy includes an original watercolour painted by the author.



  • Visioni della vita rapita – Davide Rondoni

    €300.00

    Limited edition of 120 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter, and letterpress-printed.

    First Italian anthology of Davide Rondoni’s poetry. It includes 50 poems, out of which 16 are unedited.

  • ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΣΗΩΣ - ΑΝΑΞΑΓΟΡΟΥ

    €120.00
    Limited 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.
  • ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΣΗΩΣ - ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ

    €120.00
    Limited 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.