Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Softcover)

Shipping for this item will start on February 10.
 
We are delighted to publish a new translation of one of our all-time favorite books. A book that inspired us to start Black Letter Press.
 
Enormously influential, yet stubbornly enigmatic, it is a jewel of historical literature and a rare entity in terms of its form, quality, and depth of content. This is for all those interested in typography and type design, for enthusiasts, design historians, collectors, and researchers. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is as much an essential historical work as it is a piece of art.  
 
This new translation by Paul Summers Young takes a poetic, authentic approach, seeking to recreate, as far as possible, the sense of the original.
 
We are offering the new translation along with a high-quality facsimile of the 1499 first edition as a  bundle.
 
This is the perfect reading edition. The cover is made of thick blue Fedrigoni carton and features thread-sewn, rough ivory pages on wood-free, age-resistant paper. It measures 140 x 215 mm and is printed and bound by Grafiche Veneziane of Venice.
 
This item is only sold as a 2 Vol. set, not separately