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The books are not as rigid as a cardboard-style hardcover, but they aren't very supple. Tom Send a noteboard - 28/12/2012 05:36:35 AM
I would almost think they use the same process as the Pléiade books.

The Dante and Manzoni are true "hardcover" books, as are the three volumes of Aretino and all the Eco books (I got all his fiction books in Italian). The Verga is one of those hybrid things that feels like a hardcover but is somewhat supple.
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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