Supplemento estetico ai Manuali Tipografici

Only 112 copies were printed (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.

The "Supplemento" is therefore intended for those who wish to integrate the set of the “Manual Tipografici” already in their possession.

Index of tipped-in specimens:

- watermark of the Capuchin Frier, made by the Capucini Papermill, Caselle Torinese (18th-19th century):

- 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 Whatman Papermill (18th century) and the second made in the late years, just before the Mill 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, …), a common occurrence in the hand-papermaking process;

- Chiaroscuro watermarks by Fabriano and Magnani papermills (1930-1990);

- contemporary European and American handmade papers;

- reproduction of frontispieces 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:

- reproduction of frontispieces 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 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.

- (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.

- (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 engraving (on zinc plate) by Luciano Ragozzino. The subject represented is a voracious feeder on paper, the so-called “silverfish” (Lepisma saccharina), less than a centimeter long:

The volume is housed in a hand-made slipcase and box, custom made to an exact size, whose exteriors are covered with Ingres paper. The book title is letterpress-printed on the slipcase’s spine. 

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

Neither monotype, linotype nor plastic compositions are used.