(FUTURISM.) Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso. Manifesto tecnico della letteratura futurista * Supplemento al Manifesto tecnico della Letteratura futurista. Together, 2 pamphlet manifestos. Each 4 pages. 292x232 mm; 11 1/2x9 1/8 inches, folded, central soft horizontal creases. published by : Direzione del Movimento Futurista, printed by A. Taveggia. first editions of the manifesto that provoked reactionary criticism for its hatred of intelligence and Marinetti's defense of it, written shortly thereafter. The supplement, which also contains his free form poem "Battaglia, Peso & Odore," was an important step in his abandonment of syntax and punctuation, celebrating what he called "free words"--Scrivo 54; Lista 138; Cammarota 14, 16. Milan: 11 May; 11 August, 1912