Research Catalog

Title

A ore perse : poesie in veneziano = The essence of being Venetian / Franco Ferrari Delfino ; translated by Dina & Adalberto Viggiano ; linoleum cuts by Tony Green.

Author

Ferrari Delfino, Franco, 1945-

Publication

Berkeley [Calif.] : Del Milion, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Viggiano, Dina
• Viggiano, Adalberto
• Filter, Susan K.
• Green, Tony, 1954-
• Koch, Peter Rutledge
• Gerken, Jonathan

Description

[25] p. : 4 ill.; 31 cm.

Alternative Title

Essence of being Venetian

Subjects

• Venice (Italy) > Poetry
• Typefaces (Type evidence) > Scala
• Italian language > Dialects > Italy > Venice
• Italian poetry > Italy > Venice
• Typefaces (Type evidence) > Rialto Italic

Genre/Form

• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Scala.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Rialto Italic.

Note

• "Sixty-five copies were designed, printed and bound ... by Peter Rutledge Koch with the assistance of Jonathan Gerken. Tony Green cut the linoleum blocks in New Orleans and then proofed them at the press. The typefaces are Scala for the text and Rialto Italic for display"--Colophon.
• "Edited by Susan K. Filter ... and refined by Ariel Parkinson"--Colophon.
• "First publication under the Del Milion imprint"--Colophon.
• The ill. are printed in black and monochrome. One is quadruple-page width, printed on two folded leaves.

Language (note)

• Italian (Venetian dialect) and English on opposite pages.

Binding (note)

• Stitched into non-adhesive binding structure; in attached brick red book jacket with additional ill. on front cover.

Contents

Leterina a lu, che no ghe xe più = A note to him who doesn't show up -- A tre sesantèni in balansa dubiòsi = Three puzzled old men in dubious balance -- Le strutture profonde dell'essere veneziano = The essence of being Venetian -- Semo sciopai = We blew up.

Call Number

*KP+ (Koch, Peter) 09-162

OCLC

180338129

Author

Ferrari Delfino, Franco, 1945-

Title

A ore perse : poesie in veneziano = The essence of being Venetian / Franco Ferrari Delfino ; translated by Dina & Adalberto Viggiano ; linoleum cuts by Tony Green.

Imprint

Berkeley [Calif.] : Del Milion, 2006.

Local Note

NYPL copy is no. 13/65; signed by the author and initialed by Tony Green.

Language

Italian (Venetian dialect) and English on opposite pages.

Binding

Stitched into non-adhesive binding structure; in attached brick red book jacket with additional ill. on front cover.

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Added Author

Viggiano, Dina, translator.

Viggiano, Adalberto, translator.

Filter, Susan K., editor.

Green, Tony, 1954-, illustrator.

Koch, Peter Rutledge, book designer, printer, binder.

Gerken, Jonathan, printer, binder.

Research Call Number

*KP+ (Koch, Peter) 09-162