Sonatina - Rubén Darío

This is one of 50 copies printed letterpress on Sant’Ilario paper made in Pescia, Tuscany.

PRINT RUN

218 were printed, of which:

.140 printed on pure cotton paper made in Sicily;

.50 printed on Sant’Ilario paper made in Pescia, Tuscany;

.28 deluxe copies printed on handmade papers made in China and Japan.

It was the Nicaraguan poet Darío who initiated the literary movement known as Modernism, thereby contributing to the Spanish-American emancipation in cultural and intellectual terms from Spain.

Italian translation and notes by Giuliano Soria.

A volume in 8vo format, album (16x22cm), of 80 pages typeset by hand in 16 and 12 point Caslon, which was cast by the Caslon Foundry from the original 18th-century matrices. This type has been in use for more than two centuries, and it is one of the most ancient original type owned by the Tallone Press.

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.

Printed on very fine paper and sewn by hand, this edition is handmade 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.

Neither monotype nor linotype are used. These typesetting systems from a keyboard are improperly passed off as manual typography. Tallone Press also do not print from plastic plates (photopolymer), which are derived from digital compositions.