SCAVI E SEGNALI - Guido Ceronetti

This collection of poems by Guido Ceronetti is a first edition.

This copy is one of 45 printed on laid Sicars paper made in Aci Bonaccorsi, Sicily.

PRINT RUN 
384 copies were printed, divided as follows:

.320 on Magnani paper made in Pescia (Tuscany);
.45 on laid cream-colored Sicars paper made in Sicily;
.10 on Misumi paper handmade in Japan;

.9 su Hodomura paper handmade in Japan.

A portfolio in the 16mo format (mm 188x110) of 112 pages entirely typeset by hand in metal moveable 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 original Caslon. 
The steel punches of Caslon type were hand-cut by William Caslon in London in the first half of the 18th century. This type is part of the original equipment of Tallone’s typographic studio, founded in the late 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.