Le avventure di Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi

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The most famous Italian novel, letterpress-printed on light-blue pure-cotton paper (the same color as the hair of the Blue Fairy), mould-made in Sicily expressly for this edition.

Limited edition of 190 copies typeset by hand in movable types, letter by letter.

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The text is that of the first edition (printed in 1883).

Volume in 8vo format of 326 pages typeset by hand in Garamond types, which were hand-cut by Henri Parmentier in 1910 and cast by Deberny et Peignot in Paris.

About 420 thousands letters have been used for the typesetting of this book. This is an exceptional endeavor in the contemporary printing scene. This edition is part of the collections of major libraries, in Italy and abroad.

Neither monotype nor linotype are used. Tallone Press also do not print from plastic plates (photopolymer), which are derived from digital compositions. 

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Postfaces by Marino Parenti, Piero Scapecchi and Lorenzo Poggi.

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This edition was sewn by hand in the most ancient typographic studio in the world still in activity, where tradition and modern aesthetic combine to give the best possible reading experience.

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A total of 450 copies were printed, of which:
. 190 copies on light-blue paper;

. 219 copies on San Giovanni paper, made in Pescia, Tuscany, of which Collodi is a hamlet. The author, Carlo Lorenzini, took his pen name after this hamlet;

. 41 copies on papers handmade in Pescia.

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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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