The Alphabet of Francesco Torniello da Novara (1517). Followed by a comparison with the Alphabet of Fra Luca Pacioli. Introduction by Giovanni Mardersteig.

Verona: [Officina Bodoni], 1971.

Price: $1,500.00


About the item

Number 69 of 160 copies. Engraved portrait, woodcut initials, and geometrically constructed alphabet re-cut after the originals. xxviii, 106pp. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter blue morocco, vellum colored linson boards printed in Torniello's letters. Fine in slightly rubbed slipcase. Schmoller 170.

Item #322244

First edition combining the original Italian of 1517 with English translations of Mardersteig's essay and Torniello's text translated by Betty Radice. This is the first edition in English. The Torniello alphabet appears side by side with the Pacioli alphabet.