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• The volume was created to celebrate the eightieth birthday of the Pontiff on December 17, 2016, and the fourth anniversary of the Holy Father’s election to the Papal Throne on March 13, 2017. It is produced in a limited edition of one thousand four hundred and twenty-five copies numbered in Arabic numerals from 1/1425 to 1425/1425, and seventy-five copies numbered in Roman numerals from I/LXXV to LXXV/LXXV.
• The first copy is reserved for His Holiness Pope Francis.
• The typefaces used are Bodonian, both round and italic, printed at the Lamberto Pigini Printing House in Loreto.
• The velum paper, made of pure cotton weighing 180 grams, was specially manufactured for this edition with a unique formula designed for art publishing by Cartiere Magnani of Pescia.
• The stitching, binding, and the cover made of fine natural calf leather, dyed in the barrel in a natural white color, were executed at the “L’Arte del Libro” Art Bindery in Todi.
• Master Giuliano Vangi conceived the entire original iconographic corpus, consisting of thirty-nine plates elaborated in photolithography at Mirco Cestari’s workshop in Bologna and printed in color at the Lamberto Pigini Printing House in Loreto.
• An artwork created by artist Giuliano Vangi using lithosilkscreen technique on a metal plate measuring 24.6×35.3 cm is placed on the cover of the volume, produced at the Luigi Berardinelli Art Printing House in Verona.
• Each volume is accompanied by a full-page plate created by Giuliano Vangi, printed in limited edition through lithographic printing on 32×44.5 cm Hahnemule paper, using a mixed lithosilkscreen technique at the Luigi Berardinelli Art Printing House in Verona.