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INFLUENCED BY ALBERTI, DELLA FRANCESCA, AND PACIOLI
by Campanella, Tommaso
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About This Item
Folio. 360 x 250 ½ mm., [14 x 10 inches]. (10), 35, (1) pp. Engraved stiff paper wrappers, text loose in sheets; enclosed in a hinged plexiglass box.
Edition of 180 numbered copies (90 in English + 90 in Italian)
Includes two original engravings signed by Walter Valentini, one designed as the cover of the work and a second, large format engraving in addition to the text. Engravings printed on Alcantara paper, executed on a hand press by Giancarlo Sardella. Text printed on Duchêne paper by the Istituto Grafico Bertieri.
English translation of the early utopian text by the Italian Dominican philosopher Tomaso Campanella. Written in 1602 following a period of imprisonment for heresy and sedition, the work describes an ideal republic. In the form of a dialogue between a Grand Master of the Knights of Malta and a Genoese sea captain, the latter describes a place visited on his travels, an industrious and peaceful community where men, united in work, study and play, are stripped of all ambition or covetousness. Free from the troubles of family life they are able to indulge their normal inclinations, placing all their energy and talent at the service of the entire community.
Walter Valentini (Pergola, 22 October 1928) is an internationally recognized Italian artist particularly known for his engravings. He established himself in the 1980s with a series of abstract works on wood and paper, all characterized by a precise sense of geometry, proportions, and rhythm. Valentini's geometric imagery reflects the influences of the Russian avant-gardes of the twentieth century (Constructivism) and, marginally, of the architecture painted by de Chirico in the metaphysical period, but is based above all on the sense of harmony and proportion investigated by the Italian artists of the fifteenth century. The treatises on perspective and the golden section by Leon Battista Alberti, Piero della Francesca, and Luca Pacioli have guided Valentini's research on space, forms, and their balance. Astronomy and cosmography have also been important sources of inspiration for Valentini. His approach to architecture and celestial mechanics is mathematical and rigorous, but not without his poetry. He taught engraving at the "New Academy of Fine Arts" in Milan, of which he was also director, from 1983 to 1985.
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- De Simone Company, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- # 868
- Title
- INFLUENCED BY ALBERTI, DELLA FRANCESCA, AND PACIOLI
- Author
- Campanella, Tommaso
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gianpiero Zazzera
- Place of Publication
- Lodi, Italy
- Date Published
- 1987
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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De Simone Company Booksellers specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The owner, Daniel De Simone, has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, and ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy. The business also deals in 19th-century Americana and fine books in all fields and languages.
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Because of his experience in both the book trade and rare book librarianship, De Simone consults with institutions about the development and evaluation of their library collections. He is the author and editor of a number of books and articles on the history of book illustration and early bibliography.
He is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the Print Council of America, the Grolier Club, the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, the American Printing History Association, the Bibliographical Society of America. He is also the Treasurer of the Antiquarian Book Seminar Foundation, a 501c3, which support the Colorado Antiquarian Books Seminar (CABS). Recently he has been appointed Secretary of Breslauer Prize for Bibliography by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.
De Simone Company Booksellers enjoyed its second opening as a book company in 2018 after a seventeen-year hiatus. Originally established in 1978, De Simone Company bought, sold, and evaluated rare books, manuscripts, and prints for twenty-two years before closing, when De Simone accepted the position as Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress.
De Simone held this position for fourteen years before moving to the Folger Shakespeare Library as the Eric Weinmann Librarian. In this position, he managed seven departments, including acquisitions, exhibitions, conservation, research services, and the Library's book, manuscript, and art collections. He held this position for three years before retiring in 2017 and reopening De Simone Company Booksellers.
Because of his experience in both the book trade and rare book librarianship, De Simone consults with institutions about the development and evaluation of their library collections. He is the author and editor of a number of books and articles on the history of book illustration and early bibliography.
He is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the Print Council of America, the Grolier Club, the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, the American Printing History Association, the Bibliographical Society of America. He is also the Treasurer of the Antiquarian Book Seminar Foundation, a 501c3, which support the Colorado Antiquarian Books Seminar (CABS). Recently he has been appointed Secretary of Breslauer Prize for Bibliography by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.
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