Pierluigi Ambrosetti - Luigi Conti - Antonio Piga - Maurizio Raybaudi Massilia
Study of the print runs of the overprinting of “bundles” (fascetti) carried out by the R.S.I. Limited edition of 600 copies. Published 1992, Raybaudi, Rome. Volume of 300 pages with colour and b/w photos, drawings and tables. Format 20x28 hardcover with colour dust jacket. Available on request, price Euro 80.
In two languages, Italian and English, the book is the result of the authors’ years of research and study into the stamps of the R.S.I. In addition to providing descriptions of the techniques inks and colours used to overprint, and of the variations that occurred, the book also gives an account of the overprinting used in Rome, Verona, Florence, Genoa, Turin and Milan showing for each one them the characteristic positioning of the overprint which is illustrated with drawings. An original work of considerable value, it is an indispensable manual for the identification of different print runs.