In memoriam di Emanuela - G. Ceronetti
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Poems by Horace, Kavafis, Mallarmé, and Seferis translated into Italian by Guido Ceronetti, and dedicated to his friend Emanuela who loved the works by those Poets.
The poems are: Horace, “Exegi monumentum aëre perennius” (23 BC); Mallarmé, “Sur les bois oubliés où passe l’hiver sombre” (1877); Kavafis, “Voci” (1904); Seferis, “Giorni del giugno ’41” (1941).
The collection opens with a poem by Guido Ceronetti, entitled “Storia d’amore del 1812 ritrovata nella memoria”.
Language: Italian.
Edition limited to 47 copies. A booklet of 24 pages typeset by hand in metal moveable type.
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This copy is one of 47 printed on off-white B.F.K. Rives paper made of pure cotton.
A booklet in the 8vo format (mm 273x168) of 24 pages entirely typeset by hand in Garamond 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 type was hand-cut on punches by Henri Parmentier (beginning in 1914), and cast by Deberny & Peignot in Paris, which started marketing it in 1926.
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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KAVAFIS - “Voci”
Dei morti, dei perduti
Come morti, per noi, voci ideali,
Amatissime voci…
Udibili nei sogni, talvolta;
Dalla mente pensosa,
A volte, percepite.
Nel loro suono
Del poetico aprirsi d’un istante
Di questa nostra vita qualche accento
Riaffiora – e già è un lontano
Nella notte, di musica, svanire.
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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.
Poems by Horace, Kavafis, Mallarmé, and Seferis translated into Italian by Guido Ceronetti, and dedicated to his friend Emanuela who loved the works by those Poets.
The poems are: Horace, “Exegi monumentum aëre perennius” (23 BC); Mallarmé, “Sur les bois oubliés où passe l’hiver sombre” (1877); Kavafis, “Voci” (1904); Seferis, “Giorni del giugno ’41” (1941).
The collection opens with a poem by Guido Ceronetti, entitled “Storia d’amore del 1812 ritrovata nella memoria”.
Language: Italian.
Edition limited to 47 copies. A booklet of 24 pages typeset by hand in metal moveable type.