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ITC BODONI<br />
SEVENTY-TWO<br />
BOOK<br />
48/5 6<br />
ITC BODONI<br />
SEVENTY-TWO<br />
BOOK ITALIC<br />
48/56<br />
ITC BODONI<br />
SEVENTY-TWO<br />
BOLD<br />
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ITC BODONI<br />
SEVENTY-TWO<br />
BOLD ITALIC<br />
4 8 /5 6<br />
ITC BODONI<br />
SEVENTY-TWO<br />
BOOK<br />
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PRESENTING<br />
ITC BODONI<br />
ITC BODONI SEVENTY-TWO<br />
This essay is the fruit of man<br />
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AN EXCERPT FROM G. B. BODONI'S PREFACE TO THE MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO OF 1818. FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION PUBLISHED BY ELKIN MATHEWS LTD., LONDON, 1925.<br />
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