BookPresses

Milan, Italy · est. 1982

Il Buon Tempo

Hand-printed limited editions of poetry, combining letterpress with relief and intaglio printmaking, produced on a Vandercook proof press and a circa-1870 Albion handpress.

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About the press

Il Buon Tempo is a private letterpress operated by Lucio Passerini in Milan, Italy, since 1982. The largely self-taught printer hand-prints limited editions of poetry and integrates letterpress with relief and intaglio printmaking, working on a Vandercook proof press and a circa-1870 Norberto Arbizzoni Albion handpress.

Notable titles

  • Atlante Piccolo
  • Typo
  • Talete
  • Song (Ezra Pound)

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