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The Latin verb volvere, meaning to roll or wrap, is the origin of volumen as the definition of those strips of papyrus, the vegetal fibre used for writing in antiquity, that were glued together and rolled up into a scroll. For the Fedrigoni Milk and Arcoprint paper catalogue, Leonardo Sonnoli designed a booklet as specimen, where his sentences and virtual three-dimensional illustrations play on the ambiguity of the word “Volume” related to these bulky papers and their use as books.