ADELCHI - Alessandro Manzoni
€150.00
Limited edition of 340 copies typeset by hand in metal movable types, letter by letter.
Language: Italian edition.
The fall of the Lombards defeated by the Franks. Based upon events that actually happened: Italy, always a battlefield for foreign powers vying for dominion over its lands, is subjugated by Charlemagne, who defeats and chased the Lombards away in 774 AD.
With this work, Manzoni warns that nothing seems to have changed since then: the events of the Risorgimento still see Italians arrayed against Italians, to the advantage of foreign powers who continue to benefit from these internal disputes.
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This is one of 340 copies printed letterpress on off-white laid Magnani, made on the cylinder mould in Pescia, Tuscany.
PRINT RUN
Altogether, 371 copies were printed, of which:
.340 on off-white laid Magnani, made on the cylinder mould in Pescia, Tuscany;
.27 on cream-colored Magnani, handmade* in Pescia;
.4 on Hosho paper, handmade in Japan.
(*) Each sheet of paper is entirely made by hand.
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Volume in the 8vo format (cm 18x29) of 186 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. The text type is 12-point Italic Tallone, designed by Alberto Tallone, hand-cut on punches by Charles Malin in Paris and cast by Radiguer in 1949.
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.
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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 also does not print from plastic plates derived from digital compositions (photopolimer plates), today 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.
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Limited edition of 340 copies typeset by hand in metal movable types, letter by letter.
Language: Italian edition.
The fall of the Lombards defeated by the Franks. Based upon events that actually happened: Italy, always a battlefield for foreign powers vying for dominion over its lands, is subjugated by Charlemagne, who defeats and chased the Lombards away in 774 AD.
With this work, Manzoni warns that nothing seems to have changed since then: the events of the Risorgimento still see Italians arrayed against Italians, to the advantage of foreign powers who continue to benefit from these internal disputes.