by Mario Stefani

translated by Anthony Reid

images by J. Martin Pitts

1982:
36pp.
222 x 130mm (8.8 x 5.9in).

£30

179 copies, signed by author and artist
(Special editions sold out)

Love for his native city, Venice, is the hall-mark of this poet's work. Boys, the lifeblood of a dying Venezia, provide a unifying theme. Like Japanese haiku, these poems often encapsulate much in a tiny compass. With a few brush-strokes the poet can bring alive for us Campo San Giacomo, his own beloved square. The magic and music of these verses and their haunting nostalgia is echoed in Martin Pitts' sensitive linocuts.

Poliphilus, Blado and Castellar types.
Printed on Zerkall silurian mould-made paper on a Vandercook proofing press.
10 linocuts printed in yellow ochre plus 1, used for the endpapers, printed in indian red.
Casebound. Boards covered with paper printed with 2 further indian red-printed linocuts. Title blocked in gold on spine.