📆 SAVE THE DATE Wednesday, 25 June join us for the book launch of “Yemen 1979” by Marco Zanuso with Maria Pace Ottieri (mariapaceottieri) and Franco Raggi (francoraggistudio). Alberto Saibene (alberto.saibene) moderates.

See you at versolibri, 7 p.m.!

Flora Ferroviaria Ernesto Schick Find out more about this small botanical handbook, born out of the painstaking research of an all but common man and his scrutiny of the complex relationship between human beings and their environment. The book is available on our website (link in bio or stories) and in bookshops.

Out now! Yemen 1979 Marco Zanuso “Some people go around constantly comparing their own experience and culture with what they see: I take the opposite attitude, I let myself go before what I see, I let myself get involved with it, especially the landscape and its transformation.” This is how Marco Zanuso describes his way of travelling. The Milanese architect travelled the world for work at a time when few people did, but he maintained the pleasure of discovery intact even on his private journeys, on which he would take photographs. This is what happened on a family trip to a Yemen not yet touched by tourism. In the magnificent black and white of the photographs of the walls of Sana’a, of the great towers made of dried mud bricks, as well as of the construction details or the customs of the local population, the curiosity of the architect’s gaze is rendered before our own. The texts by Maria Pace Ottieri and Franco Raggi focus on his human and professional qualities, painting a portrait of one of the great architects and designers of the twentieth century. Photography: Marco Zanuso Texts: Maria Pace Ottieri (mariapaceottieri), Franco Raggi (francoraggistudio), Marco Zanuso Graphic Design: Teresa Piardi – Maxwell Studio (piarda) Print: Ediprima (ediprima_stampa) - #yemen1979 #marcozanuso #timetravel #humboldtbooks

Out soon! Yemen 1979 Marco Zanuso “Some people go around constantly comparing their own experience and culture with what they see: I take the opposite attitude, I let myself go before what I see, I let myself get involved with it, especially the landscape and its transformation.” M.Z. Photography: Marco Zanuso Texts: Maria Pace Ottieri (mariapaceottieri), Franco Raggi (francoraggistudio), Marco Zanuso Graphic Design: Teresa Piardi – Maxwell Studio (piarda) - #yemen1979 #marcozanuso #timetravel #humboldtbooks

Out now! Analogous Jerusalem Gili Merin (gilimerin) Jerusalem is not just a city; it’s an idea. For millennia, it has been frequented by visitors of all faiths and social classes seeking to interact with its sanctity, entailing cycles of violent battles for its control, catalysing the need to relocate the idea of Jerusalem to places far from its physical boundaries. Analogous Jerusalem is a five-year photographic journey exploring these ‘analogous’ shrines in various landscapes, capturing the continuous topography of pilgrimage with elements belonging to mutually exclusive categories: the sacred and the profane. A three-part essay explores the translation of the sacred sites from Jerusalem to Europe, the rituals of virtual pilgrimage common among mediaeval nuns and the history of photographic journeys. Together, the images and text construct a travelogue through places that are perhaps more ‘real’ than Jerusalem itself. Prologue by Pier Vittorio Aureli. Photography: Gili Merin Editing: Vanessa Quirk (vanessaquirk) Graphic design: Federico Barbon (federico.barbon) Typeface: Permanent designed by Alberto Malossi (albertomalossi) and Calboni Elite designed by Sandro Bonomo (sandro.bonomo) / Studio Iknoki (studio_iknoki) Print: DZA (dza.druck) Lithography: humme (humme_leipzig) With the support of Graham Foundation (grahamfoundation) The book is available on our website (link in bio or stories) and in bookshops. Ph credits: Francesco Spallacci (francescospallacci) - #analogousjerusalem #humboldtbooks

Out soon! Analogous Jerusalem Gili Merin (gilimerin) Analogous Jerusalem is a five-year photographic journey exploring the ways Jerusalem is analogically recreated elsewhere: ‘analogous’ shrines in various landscapes, capturing the continuous topography of pilgrimage with elements belonging to mutually exclusive categories: the sacred and the profane. Prologue by Pier Vittorio Aureli. Photography: Gili Merin Texts: Gili Merin Graphic design: Federico Barbon Studio (federico.barbon) With the support of Graham Foundation (grahamfoundation) The book will be available in bookshops and on our website starting from May 28th. Today, Friday 16th until Sunday 18th May, you can find it in advance at Offprint London (offprint_projects)! - #analogousjerusalem #humboldtbooks

Out now! Flora ferroviaria and Railway Flora Ernesto Schick On occasion of the centenary of Ernesto Schick’s birth, we have reprinted “Flora ferroviaria” and “Railway Flora,” a small botanical handbook – midway between a travel diary and a science manual – that tells of the astonishing proliferation of spontaneous plants in the vicinity of Chiasso’s international station, where the completion of a new, large complex of train tracks in the ’50s and ’60s eradicated the local vegetation. First published in 1980 as “Railway Flora or nature’s revenge on man,” this book became a small cult object that inspired the poet Fabio Pusterla to write a poem for Schick’s ‘pilot plants,’ featured in this edition. Railway Flora bears witness to the painstaking research of an all but common man and his scrutiny of the complex relationship between human beings and their environment. A tale of biodiversity along the tracks of a frontier station. Texts: Graziano Papa, Nicola Schoenenberger (nic_schoenenberger), Fabio Pusterla Photography: Nicola Schoenenberger, Stefan Beaubrun, Ely Riva Book design: CCRZ (studioccrz) Print: Musumeci (musumeciatelier) With the support of The Cantonal Museum of Natural History in Lugano, Preservation and Promotion of the Italian Language and Culture in the Canton of Ticino, Pro Helvetia / Swiss Arts Council (prohelvetia), Migros Culture Percentage Ticino, Lugano al verde, Gruppo Banche Chiasso, Radix Svizzera Italiana (radixsvizzeraitaliana), Comune di Chiasso (chiasso.official), Alpi Suisse SA, Gridecont SAGL, ChiassoLetteraria (chiassoletteraria) The book is available on our website (link in bio or stories) and in bookshops. Ph credits: Francesco Spallacci (francescospallacci) - #floraferroviaria #railwayflora #ernestoschick #humboldtbooks

We’ll be at the Tate Modern (tate) from Friday 16 to Sunday 18 May 2025 for Offprint London (offprint_projects). Tate Modern, Turbine Hall Bankside, London Pay us a visit!

Out soon! Flora ferroviaria and Railway Flora Ernesto Schick To mark the centenary of Ernesto Schick’s birth (1925–1991), Humboldt Books and co-publisher Florette are reprinting Flora ferroviaria and Railway Flora. An account of the astonishing proliferation of spontaneous plants in the vicinity of Chiasso’s international station. With a preface by Graziano Papa, an introduction by Nicola Schoenenberger (nic_schoenenberger) and a poem by Fabio Pusterla (#fabiopusterla). Photography: Nicola Schoenenberger, Stefan Beaubrun, Ely Riva Graphic design: CCRZ (studioccrz) The book will be available in bookshops and on our website starting from May 14th, but you can pre-order it starting today (link in bio or stories)! - #floraferroviaria #railwayflora #ernestoschick #humboldtbooks