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Futurismo - Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso

Zang Tumb Tumb. Adrianople October 1912. Words in freedom, 1914

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€ 100 - 200

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€ 1.161

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Information

Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di «Poesia» (Stab. Tipo-litografico A. Taveggia), 1914. In 8°. Photo-portrait of the author by Emilio Sommariva, a free-word table "Synchronous paper of sounds, noises, colours.." folded several times but detached and with defects, very fragile papers with small defects in the margins and tears, restorations on the white margin of the last 4 papers, orange editorial paperback printed in black on the plates and spine, front plate detached, traces of dirt, a portion of the corner missing. Ex libris on the pastedown; Writers library, London, stamp on the flyleaf and title page.

Specialist Notes

First edition of the progenitor book of free-word futurist literature. Salaris, History, p. 75. Mughini, 413; Cammarota, Marinetti, 47; Salaris, Bibliography, p. 47; Echaurren, Futurcollezionismo, pp.15-17.
Lot not subject to return.