{phocagallery view=category|categoryid=1|imageid=22|float=right}Hundreds of objects, all lined up in spacious rooms, make up one of the most remarkable collections of machinery and tools for printing present in Europe: there are ancient wooden file cabinets, complete with wood and metal typeface, various presses made of cast iron dating back to the XIXth century, and the most precious example of all, a "Columbian" (there is only one in Italy), made of castle iron and steel, which was built in London in mid XIXth century.
{phocagallery view=category|categoryid=1|imageid=20|float=left}Of no minor interest is the set of "linotype" and "monotype" machinery for fusion and mechanical composition, the machines for printing in Braille and finally a whole system for enamel printing in high relief. People who are found of curiosities will be alble to admire a model of the Gutenberg press on a scale of 1:5 a collection ao a large flat stones (lithographic plates), carved betweed 1860 and 1930, coming from the ancient and prestigious Vallardi Publishing House; the biggest and and the smallest book in the world; hundreds of genuine signs from factories which used to build printing presses and finally a piece of equipment, which has been acquired recently, for chalcography and stamped papers.
