Non solo carta bianca. Extended!

16/11/2024

➔ 02/02/2025

Special Print Media in Four Centuries of Typography in the Collections of the Palatina Library. Edited by Andrea De Pasquale

The Exhibition

The Bodoni collection preserved at the Palatine Library boasts numerous editions printed by the great typographer from Saluzzo on different types of paper , on parchment and on silk. Taking inspiration from this variety, the exhibition enhances the possessions of the Monumental Complex of the Pilotta by displaying a selection of printed volumes, from the first incunabula of the mid-1400s to volumes of the mid-1800s, made on various types of supports: paper, parchment, silk, wood.

The exhibition will be divided into four sections, like the print media taken into consideration:

Parchment: from incunabula to nineteenth-century editions in which the typography “imitates” the manuscript even in the medium
Silk, used by Giambattista Bodoni for some very rare examples
Colored paper, hand-made and colored in the paste
Wood, in the experiments of Count Stefano Sanvitale in his Album de’ ragioni sù foglie lignei (1830).

In addition to the Bodoni collection, the avid bibliophilic research will also be witnessed, in particular by Bartolomeo Gamba (1766-1841) and other bibliophiles, aimed at collecting examples of issues on paper of various colours, produced by printers in very few copies or in single copies especially for special occasions such as wedding gifts.

The exhibition is organized with the contribution of the Cariparma Foundation, the Monte Parma Foundation and the Ministry of Culture.

Gallery

Bodonian Editions

image for Tryphiodorus Tryphiodorou Aigyptiou tou grammatikou Iliou alosis Parmae, in aedibus palatinis typis Bodonianis 1796 Edition made by Giambattista Bodoni. This is the only copy of the Greek text in minuscule, on silk. — Tryphiodorus Tryphiodorou Aigyptiou tou grammatikou Iliou alosis Parmae, in aedibus palatinis typis Bodonianis 1796 Edition made by Giambattista Bodoni. This is the only copy of the Greek text in minuscule, on silk.

image for Jacobacci Vincenzo Tribute of friendship to Mrs. Margherita Bodoni on her name day 22 February 1808 [1808] Loose leaflet printed in Parma by Bodoni in 1808, on blue Ducale paper. — Jacobacci Vincenzo Tribute of friendship to Mrs. Margherita Bodoni on her name day 22 February 1808 [1808] Loose leaflet printed in Parma by Bodoni in 1808, on blue Ducale paper.

Colored paper

image for Torquato Tasso Unpublished or lost rhymes Pisa, at Niccolò Capurro 1831 — Torquato Tasso Unpublished or lost rhymes Pisa, at Niccolò Capurro 1831

immage for Marcello Cerioli The Chismonda from Salerno. Tragedy Milan, from the Typographic Society of Italian Classics 1841 — Marcello Cerioli The Chismonda from Salerno. Tragedy Milan, from the Typographic Society of Italian Classics 1841

image for Luigi Tansillo Chapters Venice, from the Alvisopoli Typography, 1832 — Luigi Tansillo Capitoli Venezia, dalla Tipografia di Alvisopoli, 1832

image for Luigi Tansillo Published and unpublished chapters Venice, from the Alvisopoli printing house 1834 — Luigi Tansillo Capitoli editi ed inediti Venezia, dalla Tipografia di Alvisopoli 1834

image for Luigi Preti Statistical news of the city and province of Mantua Mantua, at the F. Elmucci printing house 1842 — Luigi Preti Statistical news of the city and province of Mantua Mantua, at the F. Elmucci printing house 1842

Parchment

Image for A la louenge de dieu et de la tres sainete e glorieuse vierge Marie Paris, Gillet Hardouyn […] and Germain Hardoyn 1504

Information

Due to the great interest of the public, the exhibition Non solo carta bianca has been extended! It will end on Sunday February, 2nd 2025.

During the opening hours of the Pilotta Monumental Complex
at the Petitot Gallery of the Palatina Library.

Inauguration

Wednesday 16 November 2024 at 10.30 am
The curator of the exhibition Andrea De Pasquale and Stefano L’Occaso, interim director of the Monumental Complex of Pilotta, will speak.

Free entry from the Paciaudi Hall, until the hall reaches its maximum capacity.

Tickets

The exhibition can be visited with the entrance ticket to the Monumental Complex of the Pilotta, including a visit to the museums inside (Farnese Theater, National Gallery, Petitot Gallery of the Palatina Library, Archaeological Museum and Bodoni Museum).
Click here to find out the Tickets fares.