J.P. CULIANU - Elémire Zolla
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From Shamanism to Eastern philosophies, from Gnosticism to Christological heresies, this essay describes some of the most extreme worship practices, demonstrating how some religions serve as instruments of social control, while others, conversely, aim for absolute individual freedom.
«The strange religious flora and fauna created by our ancestors must be studied in depth, since religions are the simplest global programs for understanding the social functioning of minds» J. P. Culianu.
Language: Italian.
This is a first-edition book.
In this essay, Elémire Zolla condenses Culianu’s essence of thought. Joan Petru Culianu was an historian of religions born in Romania in 1950.
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This is one of 300 copies printed letterpress on Sant’Ilario paper, made in Pescia (Tuscany).
PRINT RUN
316 copies were printed, divided as follows:
.300 copies on Sant’Ilario wove paper, made in Pescia (Tuscany);
.16 copies on Hodomura paper, handmade* in Japan.
(*) Every sheet is individually handmade, one by one.
A volume in the 8vo format (cm 13x26) of 72 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 Garamond, hand-cut on punches by Henri Parmentier (beginning in 1914), and cast by Deberny & Peignot in Paris, which started marketing it in 1926.
This is the first appearance of this text.
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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.
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- 13x26
From Shamanism to Eastern philosophies, from Gnosticism to Christological heresies, this essay describes some of the most extreme worship practices, demonstrating how some religions serve as instruments of social control, while others, conversely, aim for absolute individual freedom.
«The strange religious flora and fauna created by our ancestors must be studied in depth, since religions are the simplest global programs for understanding the social functioning of minds» J. P. Culianu.
Language: Italian.
This is a first-edition book.
In this essay, Elémire Zolla condenses Culianu’s essence of thought. Joan Petru Culianu was an historian of religions born in Romania in 1950.