Giovanni Mardersteig 8.1.1892 – 27.12.1977

London: The British Library, 1978. Folded sheet (240 x 165). Portrait of Mardersteig. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, printing Mardersteig's dictum: "A book consists of five elements: the text, the type, the ink, the paper, and the binding. To create a unity from these five elements in such a way that the result is not a passing product of fashion, but assumes the validity of permanent value – that should be our desire." Printed in Verona in Italic Dante designed by Mardersteig, for the exhibition at the British Library August-October 1978.