Canti orfici - dino campana

This is one of 140 numbered copies letterpress printed on pure-cotton Magnani paper made in Tuscany.

PRINT RUN

173 copies were printed, divided as follows:

.140 on wove pure-cotton Magnani paper; copies from 1 to 40 include eight engravings by Mimmo Paladino, made expressly for this edition;

.28 on laid pure-cotton Magnani paper;

.4 on handmade “all’onda” paper, handmade by Silvio Vezzani with the purpose of  replacing the endpapers of the ancient books damaged by the Arno flood in Florence in 1966;

.1 on pure-cotton Corona paper, handmade at the Magnani Papermill.

A volume in the 8vo format (cm 27x17) of 170 pages typeset by hand in original Caslon types. 
One by one, each sort was arranged on the composing stick to form the words and the lines of text.
The steel punches of Caslon type were hand-cut by William Caslon in London in the first half of the 18th century. These types are part of the original equipment of Tallone’s typographic studio, which has been continuously in operation since the 18th century.

The slipcase and box are handmade in-house. On the outside, they are covered with Ingres paper. The book title is letterpress-printed on the slipcase’s spine.

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Neither monotype nor linotype are used. These typesetting systems from a keyboard are often passed off as manual typography. 

The Tallone Press does not print from plastic relief plates either. Derived from digital compositions, they are very much in vogue to simulate the effect of type impression onto the paper.

The number of movable types handled for the manual typesetting of this book, makes it an exceptional endeavor in contemporary fine printing.

Printed on very fine paper and sewn by hand, this collector’s edition is a sophisticated gift meant to last over time and designed to give the best reading experience possible.