Silvana Amato & Angela Liguori ~Italy

The Jumblies
by Edward Lear
Italy: 2004. Edition of 150.

8.5 x 7.25", 16 pages. Letterpress printed on Italian Fedrigoni paper. Hand-bound with Japanese Obonai paper on the hard cover and Japanese hand-made paper end sheets. A single signature pamphlet stitch sewing on a folded Fabriano paper. Text in Proforma. Translation from English into Italian by Damiano Abeni.

"The Jumblies" by Edward Lear is part of a collection of "Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabet" published in England in 1871. This delightful presentation of his work is a collaboration of graphic designer Silvana Amato, illustrator Fabian Negrin, printer Lucio Passerini, and book artist Angela Liguori. Text is in Italian as well as English.
$180

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