![]() ![]() ![]() He wrote in his introduction: "Having exposed to the public my specimen of Latin type, adorned with as many unusual decorations and adornments as lovers of perfect printing could possibly desire, I decided to make punches and matrices for 20 exotic typefaces and to cast them with the same accuracy ? To bring my enterprise to its desired end, I did not have to beg for help from abroad ? everything was provided for me by the munificence of his Royal Highness, who can be justly called the father of letters. As usual, he had fun congratulating himself, even while thanking others. At the same time, it gave him an opportunity to show his gratitude for his education at the Propaganda Fide and to celebrate the memory of Cardinale Spinelli. In it he displayed, in quarto, twenty of his newly cut exotic faces, and confirmed his position as a frontrunner among European typographers. Ludovico Principe primogenito di Parma ? (published on 18 April 1774). ?The Duchess had given birth to a son, Ludovico, in July 1773, an event that offered Bodoni the perfect opportunity to create a gorgeous presentation book for the baby's baptism, Pel solenne battesimo di S.A.R. A very fine copy in orange boards Bodoni's first attempt to display his exotic characters. ![]()
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