Maria Madre di Dio - 2004

Maria Mother of God, Deluxe Edition. Limited Edition

MARIA MOTHER OF GOD
Work by the author René Laurentin, retracing the history of the figure of Mary, illustrated with 90 color illustrations hors texte printed on matte coated paper from 170 g, text set with Bodoni characters on vellum paper in pure cotton weighing 170 g with watermark. Leather binding in Veau Aniline dyed to the tool with white gold inscriptions.
On the cover a silver bas-relief 999‰ depicting the work of the Annunciation by Paolo Baratella, format 38.5 x 25 cm, produced in earth alloy, finished and patinated by hand, numbered and signed by the author.
Edition FMR Arte, Franco Maria Ricci, Year of publication 2008, limited edition, 654/975 numbered copies in Arabic numerals + 75 copies numbered in Roman numerals + 16 unsold copies identified by letters intended for the authors.
Signed and numbered copy, dimensions: 45 x 32.5 x 7 cm, condition: near mint, as in the photo.

Imposing natural Veau Aniline leather binding, dyed to the red color, with five spine raised bands and gold titles, handmade at the bookbinding atelier "L'Arte del Libro" by Bruno Superti in Todi.
The text prints, composed with round and italic Bodoni types in sizes 34, 22, and 16, were produced in Bologna at the Andrea Albertini workshop on vellum paper in pure cotton of 170 g, created specifically for this edition and enriched by a watermark with the logo of the "Sacra" collection, handcrafted on a round-formed loom with a special exclusive formulation by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia.

The work is accompanied by a rich iconographic apparatus, consisting of 90 hors-texte images from works by great artists such as Giotto, Raphael, Leonardo, Guido Reni, Tiepolo, developed in photolithography by Mirco Cestari in Bologna and printed at the Andrea Albertini workshop in Bologna on satin matte 170 g paper produced by Cartiere del Garda in Riva del Garda.
The volume is part of the Sacra collection and was produced in an exclusive limited edition of 975 copies numbered 1/975 to 975/975 and 75 copies in Roman numerals, plus 16 off-market copies marked with letters from A to R intended for the authors.
The Work was published on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Apparition of Mary, the Lourdes Jubilee 2008. Its author is René Laurentin, one of the world's leading Mariology experts, co-author of Marian Doctrine in the Dogmatic Constitution of the Second Vatican Council, author of over a hundred publications on Mary and Marian apparitions, and it retraces the fundamental history of Mary in literature and world art of all time, offering narrative texts by various authors, from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas and Dante, up to Paul Claudel, Carl Gustav Jung, John Paul II, etc. The first copy of the edition was reserved for Pope Benedict XVI.