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Die unsichtbaren Städte : zwölf der fünfundfünfzig Beschreibungen welche Kublai Khan von Marco Polo erhielt. Dazu ein Kapitel aus dem Band 'Il milione' Marco Polos in toscanischer und deutscher Sprache

Title
Die unsichtbaren Städte : zwölf der fünfundfünfzig Beschreibungen welche Kublai Khan von Marco Polo erhielt. Dazu ein Kapitel aus dem Band 'Il milione' Marco Polos in toscanischer und deutscher Sprache / Mit Bildern von Clemens-Tobias Lange.
Author
Calvino, Italo
Publication
Hamburg : CTL, 1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Lange, Clemens-Tobias
  • Zwang, Christian
  • Riedt, Heinz, 1919-
  • Bürck, August, 1805-1863
  • Baskerville, John, 1706-1775
  • Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
  • Schriftgiesserei und Messinglinienfabrik D. Stempel, type designer
  • BFK Rives (Firm), papermaker
  • Cartiere Miliani Fabriano, papermaker
  • CTL-Presse, printer, publisher
Description
[7], 9-50, [5] pages : illustrations (12 color relief prints); w 20 x h 33 x d 2 cm +
Summary
Excerpts from one of Calvino's most popular works, "The invisible cities," with one chapter from Marco Polo's "Il Milione," a point of departure for Calvino's work, included as an "appetizer." Includes 12 of the 55 city descriptions with 12 original prints by Clemens-Tobias Lange. Calvino's texts in German translation.
Uniform Title
  • Città invisibili. German. 1990
  • Città invisibili. German.
  • Drucke der CTL-Presse Hamburg-Venezia ; 3.
Alternative Title
  • Città invisibili. 1990
  • Reisen des Venezianers Marco Polo im dreizehnten Jahrhundert.
Subject
  • Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? > In literature
  • Kublai Khan, 1216-1294 > In literature
  • Voyages and travels
Genre/Form
  • Linocuts.
  • Relief prints.
  • Artists' books – Germany – Hamburg – 1990.
  • Artists' books – Italy – Venice – 1990.
  • Private press books – Germany – Hamburg – 1990.
  • Private press books – Italy – Venice – 1990.
  • Handmade papers – Cartiere Miliani Fabriano – Roma.
  • Mould-made papers – BFK Rives (Firm) – Rives.
  • Printing in multiple colors at separate passes (Printing)
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Original Baskerville.
Note
  • Continuous pagination, page numbers only printed on pages with text.
  • Limited edition of 125 copies. Copies numbered 21-120: regular edition, printed on Rives paper, cover boards and slip case covered in grey handmade Roma paper (Fabriano), with a blocked front cover design by C.-T. Lange and lettering. Copies numbered 1-20: issued with an extra plate, signed and numbered. Copies numbered: I-V: [hors commerce?] -- see colophon, and CTL-prospectus for Art Basel 27 (1996).
  • The German transl. of 'Città invisibili' by Heinz Riedt is taken from the Hanser ed. (Munich-Vienna, 1977) -- colophon.
  • The Italian original of 'Il milione' is taken from the Olschki (Firenze, 1986), and printed in capitals, preceding the t.p. The transl. of 'Il milione' into German by August Bürck, taken from the Teubner ed. (Leipzig, 1845), and also printed in capitals, is bound in at the end -- cf. colophon.
  • Illustrations printed in a mixed relief-technique -- cf. CTL-prospectus for Art Basel 27 (1996).
  • Mentioned in Roswitha Quadflieg, "Centodieci su Centodieci oder Clemens-Tobias Lange und die CTL-Presse", in: Illustration 63 : Zeitschrift für die Buchillustration, Heft 3 (1995), pp. 91-92, no. 3.
  • "Gestaltung, Handsatz, Druck des Textes und der Bilder von den Originalplatten, Linoleum, Plextol, Clemens-Tobias Lange."--Colophon.
  • Plextol is a water based dispersion of copolymer of ethyl acrylate, EA, methyl methacrylate, MMA, and ethyl methacrylate, EMA, produced by Röhm GmbH & Co. KG, Darmstadt.
Indexed In (note)
  • CTL-Presse
  • Quadflieg, Roswitha Illustration 63
Call Number
Rare Books+ 21-441
OCLC
863531312
Author
Calvino, Italo, author.
Title
Die unsichtbaren Städte : zwölf der fünfundfünfzig Beschreibungen welche Kublai Khan von Marco Polo erhielt. Dazu ein Kapitel aus dem Band 'Il milione' Marco Polos in toscanischer und deutscher Sprache / Mit Bildern von Clemens-Tobias Lange.
Publisher
Hamburg : CTL, 1990.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Drucke der CTL-Presse Hamburg-Venezia ; 3.
Indexed In:
CTL-Presse, http://www.ctl-presse.de/buecher/ctl-presse-03.html (viewed October 4, 2022)
Quadflieg, Roswitha Illustration 63, Heft 3 (1995), pp. 91-92, no. 3
Local Note
Copy in Rare Books+ 21-441 is no. 33 of 125 copies.
Place of Publication
Germany Hamburg.
Added Author
Lange, Clemens-Tobias, artist.
Zwang, Christian, binder.
Riedt, Heinz, 1919- translator.
Bürck, August, 1805-1863, translator.
Baskerville, John, 1706-1775, type designer.
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? Travels of Marco Polo. Selections. German & Italian. 1990.
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? Travels of Marco Polo. Selections. German. 1845.
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? Travels of Marco Polo. Selections. 1986.
Schriftgiesserei und Messinglinienfabrik D. Stempel, type designer.
BFK Rives (Firm), papermaker.
Cartiere Miliani Fabriano, papermaker.
CTL-Presse, printer, publisher.
Added Title
Città invisibili. German.
Reisen des Venezianers Marco Polo im dreizehnten Jahrhundert.
Research Call Number
Rare Books+ 21-441
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