Books: 'Remo Palmirani - L'esegeta dell'ex libris (Exegete of the ex libris)'
by Egisto Bragaglia.
Importance of image as a communication medium and art expression is universally aknowledged.
In particular, images in ex libris are an iconologic heritage of peculiar validity, telling witnesses of the
social, ethical, moral character of ages and peoples.
Remo Palmirani, who devoted himself to the exlibristic culture since 1978, explored the subject thoroughly,
in Italy and abroad. They are now twenty-five years since 1978, certainly an important amount of time in an
individual's life, a time that spans a whole generation.
As president of Accademia italiana dell'Ex Libris (Italian Academy of Ex Libris), other than organizing around one
hundred exhibitions, he also published a number of books that constitutes a sistematic approach and exegesis of the
ex libris. In this sector's bibliography, nothing else comes close to the huge amount of publications he published.
There was the need to publish the detailed bibliography of this exceptional contribution, for the use of
lovers and professionals of the ex libris; the book also has eighteen xilographies from the original woods,
as a vivid synthesis of the european xilograpy of the last twenty-five years.
Egisto Bragaglia: 'Remo Palmirani - L'esegeta dell'ex libris (Exegete of the ex libris)';
Remo Palmirani: Aknowledgement;
Marcello Perelli: A book for an anniversary;
Bibliographic data, collected and written by Teresa Grossi, of the 215 exlibristic essays published on books and magazines;
At the end of the book there are 18 xilographic ex libris, printed from the original woods.
Project and editing by Marcello Perelli and Franco Della Rosa;
Publisher : Gruppo di ricerca fotografica - Bologna - www.grf.3000.it.
Format: in 8°, pag. 77 + 2 n.n. + 18 tables
At the end there are 14 pages n.n., with the catalogue of works published by GRF.
Cover by Maurizio Osti, with a reproduction of an ex libris by Armando Baldinelli - 1989
