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This book is dedicated to the history of hand papermaking through the centuries and the history of 20th-century fine printing, and it includes original paper samples from the 16th century onwards. It is intended to expand and enrich the themes addressed in the previous five volumes of the set of the "Manuali Tipografici".
This is a volume in the 4to format (37x23 cm) of 144 pages entirely typeset by hand in metal movable type, letter by letter. One by one, each sort was arranged on the composing stick to form the words and the lines of text. The text type is 12-point Tallone, designed by Alberto Tallone, hand-cut on steel punches by Charles Malin in Paris, and cast by Radiguer in 1949.
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«The collection of the Manuali Tipografici printed by the Tallone Press is the most important historical-typographic endeavor since the second half of the twentieth century, the first in the world for quality, breadth, elegance and documentation» Michelle Delattes, CHARTA, 2019
Each volume of the set includes essays by researchers and scholars about different aspects of book design (types, formats, pagination, papers, inks). Texts alternate with tipped-in ancient specimens and paper samples from different epochs. Each paper sample is held in a window mount, to allow viewing against the light.
Each volume is unique, since the original specimens included within differ from copy to copy.
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This edition is limited to 112 copies (of which 48 on cotton paper made in Sicily and 64 on Magnani cotton paper made in Tuscany), because of the rarity and preciousness of the paper samples included in the volume. Each sample is held in a window mount, to allow viewing against the light.
Index of the ancient samples:
- watermark of a Friar, made by the Capucini Papermill, Caselle Torinese, Piedmont, Italy (18th-19th century):
(alternatively, the volume might feature an equivalent Piedmontese watermark)
- paper samples and watermarks made in the territory of the Venetian Republic (16-19th centuries);
- two Whatman paper samples made in Maidstone, Kent, of which the first made in the early years of the Papermill (18th century) and the second made in the late years, just before the Whatman Papermill ended hand-papermaking production (1940s);
- ancien paper samples (16-20th centuries) featuring different kinds of defects and irregularities (clumps, creases, thickening at the edges, impurities, …), which were a common occurrence in the hand-papermaking process;
- Chiaroscuro watermarks by Fabriano and Magnani papermills (1930-1990);
- contemporary European and American handmade papers by Johannes Follmer (Germany), Papelera Don Bosco (Peru), Paper Circle (USA), Papeterie Saint Armand (Canada), Paper Foundation (UK), Magnani (Italy);
- contemporary watermark by Pino Guzzonato, expressly handmade for this edition;
- reproduction of title-pages and text pages of 1930s books by Parisian printers Léon Pichon and Maurice Darantiere. These specimen have been typeset by hand in the same types used originally (one of them shown below):
- reproduction of title-pages of 1940-50s books printed by Alberto Tallone in Paris. These specimen have been typeset by hand in the same types used originally.
Index of the texts:
- (area: history of papermaking) Giancarlo Castagnari, Dall’era del segno alla filigrana in chiaro-scuro.
- (area: history of 20th-century fine printing) Luigi Manias, Typographie pure. Genesi di una prassi.
- (area: history of 20th-century fine printing) Enrico Tallone, James Joyce’s Ulysses. A novel in the novel. (It describes in detail how Ulysses was printed by Maurice Darantiere in Dijon, whose Printing Press was then passed on to Alberto Tallone: it reveals the reason why such a long text was typeset by hand, and the reasons behind the choice of certain typefaces; moreover, it goes in depth into explaining the printing process and the technical difficulties implied therein).- (area: history of papermaking) Luigi Manias, La bellezza dei difetti.
- (area: history of papermaking) Mario Cerchiai, Ricordo di Silvio Vezzani.
- (area: history of papermaking) Peter Bower, Every sheet of paper tells a story. (The work of a paper historian and investigator, who is called upon to contribute to the authentication of artworks: some significant case studies)
- (area: history of papermaking) Timoty Leonardi, Carta e cartiere a Caselle. Il primato della B42.
- (area: history of papermaking) Davide Rampello, La bella luna.
- (area: history of 20th-century fine printing) Enrico Razzini, L’ultimo regalo di Alberto. Integrazioni all’Opera Tipografica.
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Fifteen copies include a 10x19,5 cm original engraving by Luciano Ragozzino. The subject represented is a small but voracious feeder on paper, the so-called “silverfish” (Lepisma saccharina), less than a centimeter long:
Moreover, five copies include a frottage by Giorgio Milani ("frottage" is created by rubbing a crayon over a raised area, in this case made of wood types. This print run is no more available):
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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.
Data sheet
- Size (cm)
- 37x23
- Paper
- very fine cotton papers made in Italy
- Number of pages
- 144
- Total print run
- 112
- Weight (kg)
- 2,3
– PRICE ON REQUEST –
This book is dedicated to the history of hand papermaking through the centuries and the history of 20th-century fine printing, and it includes original paper samples from the 16th century onwards. It is intended to expand and enrich the themes addressed in the previous five volumes of the set of the "Manuali Tipografici".
This is a volume in the 4to format (37x23 cm) of 144 pages entirely typeset by hand in metal movable type, letter by letter. One by one, each sort was arranged on the composing stick to form the words and the lines of text. The text type is 12-point Tallone, designed by Alberto Tallone, hand-cut on steel punches by Charles Malin in Paris, and cast by Radiguer in 1949.