Libero de Libero

Rare first edition of the Madrigals by Libero de Libero, central figure of Roman Hermeticism and the Scuola di via Cavour. Printed in only 200 numbered copies on the prestigious Pur Lin Montgolfier paper, hand-composed in Roos typeface and printed on Franco Prete's hand press in Luxembourg in December 1967. The work is enhanced by an original etching by Franco Gentilini, Roman painter associated with the Scuola Romana. First number of the Collection 'le verger' published by the Franco-Italian poetry journal Origine, directed by Franco Prete. Copy no. 157. Original publisher's wrappers with diffuse foxing but solid structure. Testimony to the refined Italian-French poetic publishing of the 1960s.