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Vallardi Vedova, Contrada Santa Margherita in Milan 1113

First half of XIX century

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Moved by great esteem and sincere admiration I have often posted here on my blog articles about the illustrious Printer Remondini of Bassano del Grappa, another important Italian Family, however, made great work for the dissemination of culture, religious and not only of our country as far back as the eighteenth century: the Family Vallardi of Milan, an ancient race of publishers now known and highly esteemed throughout the world. The beautiful
Vallardi History House was opened in 1750 and as a cradle of the most beautiful and valuable features of the old Milan the Cantoncello .

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With the entrepreneurial spirit and professionalism that still characterizes the Milanese clearly authentic, the brothers Giuseppe and Pietro Vallardi, death Francesco's father Cesare Vallardi , which occurred at dusk of the century called "the Enlightenment" as far back as 1799, the elegant literary salon -founded by him baptized just Vallardi House - noble goal and meeting the noblesse Lombarda Milanese and Italian Literature and Genes of which the Brianza Giuseppe Parini (Bosisio, 1729 - Milan, 1799) and the even more illustrious Bonesana Cesare Marquis of Beccaria (Milano 0.1738-1794), joining together the different skills and abilities and their own names based the company Vallardi Peter and Joseph.
operation and production of a wide and varied range of works from authoritative Spaziante atlas publishing and dissemination of important Tomi scientific, literary, and not least religious, gaining knowledge and experiencing it rather than the innovative for the era of graphic art techniques such engraving on copper plate and the same lithography, disseminate and export with great success throughout Italy and Europe in their beautiful creations, decorated and bound with care and exclusive elegance. Peter
Vallardi dies in 1919 leaving behind his wife Giuseppina Radaelli previously opened the shop with his brother Joseph at number 1113 of Contrada Santa Margherita.
And it was here, in the picturesque old Contrada Santa Margherita, noisy and heavy presses that worked tirelessly on the copper in the production of beautiful and highly sought-Santini, refined in detail and finished with touches of watercolor diligent polychrome distributed by a reliable and competent service at the Printing House.
a far greater extent, to square footage and personnel, the shop was originally opened by Giuseppe Vallardi with his brother Peter and the disappearance of the latter that he fully detected and managed. Entrepreneur
with rare ability, with a forerunner of a sense of progress and insight in business very uncommon in those days, thanks to a fine aesthetic sense and who knew how to nurture genuine love for graphics and antiques in general, Joseph such an incredible boost accretive old Company intaglio , with the addition of a forward-looking Workshop Litografica that increased wealth and prestige to the family soon.
his death in 1843, Giuseppina Radaelli, widow of Peter Vallardi, their sons and daughters- Antonio and Fancesco Vallardi - Bottega Tipografica inherit thriving and respected, strong and stable source of a solid, substantial annual income derived Images from the thriving trade in beautiful devotional, whose management will, however, personally supervised by Antonio.

I Santini and devotional purposes Images produced by Antonio Vallardi Publisher bottom since that year bear the words: Milan, Italy A. Vallardi, CSMarg. No. 80, where the 'publisher, from the famous number 9 of the same Contrada, had transferred their business.
Straddling the end of XIX century and the beginning of the next estimated Publisher Vallardi reach the 'climax reputation of becoming, with the opening of several branches in Milan and the same everywhere in Italy, the Italian symbol of supervening It was the industrial revolution in the socio-economic life since the twenties of the century, rapid and exponential sequence, was now affecting the major countries of Europe.
seriousness and competence-were and continue to be still in the respect of tradition thanks to the professionality of Gruppo Editoriale Mauri Spagnol which took over the company-to the success of this large family of Milanese publisher, who, similarly, not least the famous Remondini Bassano, succeeded thanks to the consistency of their commitment and the generous enthusiasm and love for their activities, to disseminate with broad support and feedback throughout Europe, the Italian Culture and ingenuity, in short, we may well say, adding another fundamental element in the landscape of Collectibles of Santini and pride of our beloved Italy.

engraved on beautiful paper controllatamente higher quality wire rod, or punch doodles drawn in gold in the elegant setting of the lithographed, Santini from the presses of the famous Milanese Printing Vallardi Brothers, and later by the Widow Vallardi Antonio Vallardi publisher, were made by skilled engravers Bavarian and Italian full-time employees at the shop, were carried in buckets. XVIII and XIX with beautiful engraving on copper plate and with the innovative and highly profitable lithographic technique, again with the careful and distinctive coloring by hand and often, quoting the date of the celebration of the festival calendar dedicated to the saint depicted , with the original features of beautiful and meaningful maximum traditionally attributed to the Saints more Popular Christianity.

little national paper on the antiquities market and therefore valuable collectible are, sadly, virtually unknown and unavailable in the field of International Antique paper, and contrary to the salient feature that distinguishes the Santini and devotional images Remondiniane - the almost constant absence of the signing of production-the Printing Images devoted Vallardiane proudly point out, always witnessing to the elegant caption in italics less than the 'Image of the Saint being celebrated, their origins clear and fair Meneghina .

Paola Galanz