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[Typography, Printing] Bodoni

MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO

Presso La Vedova [The Holland Press], 1818-1960

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Year of publication
1818-1960
Place of printing
Parma [London]
Author
[Typography, Printing] Bodoni
Publishers
Presso La Vedova [The Holland Press]
Languages
English

Description

2 volumes. LIMITED EDITION, one of only 500 copies printed of the very impressive facsimile of Bodoni's original edition of 1818. With a fine frontispiece portrait, three folding plates of musical notation and seemingly countless typographical specimen. Tall 4to, in the printer's original blue patterned paper-covered boards with printed paper labels on the spines. lxxii, 267; (iv), 279 pp. A fine and handsome set, beautifully preserved and essentially pristine.

Edizione: limited facsimile edition of a masterpiece of the typographical arts, bodoni's manuale tipografico. printer for the duke of parma, bodoni's manual was the culmination of more than four decades of work, and is one of the age of printing's greatest typographical achievements. it is comprised of 291 roman and italic typefaces, along with samples of russian, greek, and many other types.
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