Walter Valentini - Sant'Abbondio in Como e Walter Valentini - 1995-1995
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Walter Valentini's artist book Sant’Abbondio in Como e Walter Valentini, a 1995 limited edition portfolio bound in Italian, 9 pages, 35 x 25 cm, signed by the author and published by Edizioni Lithos Grafica d'Arte di Piermario Larghi & C., featuring four engravings and drypoint etchings.
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Beautiful artist's book by Walter Valentini with a very limited edition of only 70 copies.
Texts set in lead type, a rare thing!!
SANT’ABONDIO IN COMO AND WALTER VALENTINI
Walter Valentini
Artist's book with four engravings and drypoint prints not bound to Walter Valentini's book, including the one on the cover. The volume, printed in 70 copies of which 55 are numbered in Arabic numerals and 15 in Roman numerals, includes texts taken from works by Benedetto Giovio, Fernand De Dartein, Vincenzo Barelli and Richard Bagot, with a preface by Mario Mascetti. The texts set with lead type were printed by Cesare Nani’s printing shop in Como. Edition 1995
Dimensions: (35 x 25 x 6) cm.
Walter Valentini (Pergola, October 22, 1928 – Milan, May 20, 2022) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and engraver, internationally recognized in the field of graphics and engraving.
Valentini created limited-edition volumes of high artistic value on superb handmade paper. The texts are composed using the typographic method "monotype" (printing types designed specifically for the book and then melted into lead). The pages, hand-bound, are accompanied by etchings.
Beautiful artist's book by Walter Valentini with a very limited edition of only 70 copies.
Texts set in lead type, a rare thing!!
SANT’ABONDIO IN COMO AND WALTER VALENTINI
Walter Valentini
Artist's book with four engravings and drypoint prints not bound to Walter Valentini's book, including the one on the cover. The volume, printed in 70 copies of which 55 are numbered in Arabic numerals and 15 in Roman numerals, includes texts taken from works by Benedetto Giovio, Fernand De Dartein, Vincenzo Barelli and Richard Bagot, with a preface by Mario Mascetti. The texts set with lead type were printed by Cesare Nani’s printing shop in Como. Edition 1995
Dimensions: (35 x 25 x 6) cm.
Walter Valentini (Pergola, October 22, 1928 – Milan, May 20, 2022) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and engraver, internationally recognized in the field of graphics and engraving.
Valentini created limited-edition volumes of high artistic value on superb handmade paper. The texts are composed using the typographic method "monotype" (printing types designed specifically for the book and then melted into lead). The pages, hand-bound, are accompanied by etchings.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Art, Illustrated
Book title
Sant'Abbondio in Como e Walter Valentini
Author/ Illustrator
Walter Valentini
Condition
Very good
Artist
Walter Valentini
Publication year oldest item
1995
Publication year youngest item
1995
Height
35 cm
Edition
Limited edition, Numbered edition
Width
25 cm
Language
Italian
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Edizioni Lithos Grafica d'Arte di Piermario Larghi & C.
Binding/ Material
Portfolio
Extras
Signed by author
Number of pages
9
Style
Renaissance Classicism
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