Manuale Tipografico II - Enrico Tallone et al.

A volume in the 4to format (cm 37x23), of 212 pages entirely typeset by hand in 12 pt Tallone type, designed by Alberto Tallone and punch-cut by Charles Malin in Paris.

INDEX (texts and specimens):
.essays by Lamberto Vitali, Marcel Beaudoire, Orio Vergani, Raffaele Carrieri, Jean Loize, John Dreyfus, Enrico Falqui, Giorgio Trentin, Umberto Favia, Emanuele Ferrari, Massimo Gatta, Francesco Saverio Dòdaro, Maurizio Nocera, Loris Jacopo Bononi;

.15 sheets and quartos extracted from Tallone books printed in France, from 1931 till 1959, and in Italy since then;

.an aesthetic commentary of the foundry types which belonged to Maurice Darantiere, Alberto Tallone and successors (text by Enrico Tallone);

.printed specimens of the alphabets of each one of the above mentioned foundry types;

.bibliographical records of the 18 books newly attributed to Alberto Tallone;

.12 original quartos and octavos extracted from Tallone books printed in Paris and Alpignano.


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386 copies were printed, of which:
260 copies on Magnani paper made in Tuscany;
90 on Sicilian paper made of pure cotton;
20 on hand- made ancient Fabriano tinted-colored paper;
10 copies on white hand-made Umbria paper, made in Fabriano;
6 copies on cream-colored hand-made Umbria paper, made in Fabriano. 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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The number of movable types handled for the 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.
It is handmade in the most ancient typographic studio in the world still in activity, where handmade bookmaking and continue aesthetic research combine to give each book a unique design, never repeated in standard book series.
Neither monotype nor linotype are used. These typesetting systems from a keyboard are often passed off as manual typography. The Tallone Press also does not print from plastic plates derived from digital compositions.