About the inspiring book Manuale Tipografico, by Giambattista Bodoni (Parma, 1818). Official printer to the Duke of Parma, Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813) declared that well-designed type derived its beauty from four principles: uniformity of design, sharpness and neatness, good taste, and charm. His Manuale, published posthumously in 1818, is a classic in the history of typography, for which he designed and melted almost every type himself. The Bodoni typeface is inspired by the characters he created and is still one of the most widely used today. Composed of two volumes, the Manuale is the fruit of 40 years of work and includes 256 pages with Roman types, 125 capital letters, 181 Greek and oriental types, 1,036 flourishes, 31 contours made with movable components and 20 pages of characters, numbers and musical symbols. Bodoni, one of the greatest typographers in the history of printing, succeeded in returning typography to its essentially geometric nature and bringing back to life, lightened, the solemnity of Roman inscriptions on stone.

 

Details

Size: 12.7 × 19.7 cm
Weight: 300 g
Pages: 240
Paper: Cream shaded book paper 90g/m2
Cover: Smooth surface paper 240g/m2
Illustrated inside page
Section sewn exposed binding (with printing colour traces)
Printed in Madrid by Artes Gráficas Palermo

Environmental

Bookaneer uses Munken paper, produced in Munkedal (Sweden), in a mill founded in 1871 and considered one of the world’s most environmentally friendly.

The paper used in the notebooks is certified in accordance with EU Ecolabel (the official environmental label for the European Union) and produced using environmentally labelled raw materials from forests certified according to the international standards FSC™ (Forest Stewardship Council) and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification).