Edizioni Dell' Angelo ~ Italy
(Vincenzo Piazza)

a quatrain of
Du Fu
Transcription calligraphy by Wang Rong
Translation and notes by Wang Rong and Alberto Randisi
Illustrations by Vincenzo Piazza
Palermo, Italy: Edizioni dell' Angelo, 2009. Edition of 50.

5.5 x 6.5". Bound in red paper stiff wraps with sewn binding.

Vincenzo Piazza: "A quatrain of Du Fu (712-770), a short introduction about the poet, and an original etching." Presented as a triptych with Chinese and Italian versions of the poem on each side of Piazza's etching.

Du Fu (712-770) is considered by many one of China's major poets. Almost 1500 of his poems survive.
$60

una poesia di
al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
Translation by Maria Teresa Mascari
etchings by Vincenzo Piazza
Palermo, Italy: Edizioni dell' Angelo, 2009. Edition of 50.

5.625 x 6.5"; 6 pages including tri-fold. Text in Arabic and Italian. Arabic text printed in al-Bagan. Italian text printed in Garamond. Green paper wraps with sewn binding.

Vincenzo Piazza: "A poetry acrostic of al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (1039-1095) dedicated to I'timad his wife, a short introduction about the poet, and an original etching." Presented as a triptych with Arabic and Italian versions of the poem on each side of Piazza's etching.
$60

Un Sogno
By Franz Kafka
Palermo, Italy: Edizioni Dell' Angelo, 2007. Edition of 40.

3.5 x 5.125"; 8 pages. Accordion structure. Single sheet of paper folded with the last panel attached to the back board. Text printed offset. Etching printed on a handpress. Bound in rigid boards with original marble paper and title in chalcography [engraving on copper or brass] print. Signed and numbered by the artist.

A dream by Franz Kafka translated into Italian and illustrated with original etchings. Translation by Alberto Randisi. Illustrations by Vincenzo Piazza.

A letter from Kafka written on November 17, 1912, describes a dream about a love affair between himself and Felice Bauer. Bauer actually reached fiancée statue - twice - and never had to assume of the form of an insect (even once).
$50