Vittorio Veneto, Italy · est. 2013

The Blue Print Press

Hand-made, single-poem letterpress books in very small editions, printed from metal type on an 1895 Albion handpress and illustrated by the printer using linocut, engraving, etching, aquatint and watercolour.


About the press

The Blue Print Press is a small letterpress studio founded by Janine Raedts in 2013 in Vittorio Veneto, north-east Italy. It produces hand-made, mostly single-poem books in very small editions using metal type on an 1895 Albion handpress, with the printer's own illustrations playing a primary role alongside the text. Published poets include Emily Dickinson, Seamus Heaney, Philip Larkin and William Carlos Williams.

Notable titles

  • A Portable Paradise
  • The Woman in Sunshine
  • Love After Love / Amore Dopo Amore (Derek Walcott)