M40 Typewriter with Cart from Olivetti, Italy, 1930s

M40 Writing Machine, the typewriter produced by Olivetti who pretended in international markets and dedicated to offices and journalistic editorial offices.
The M40 Olivetti was designed between 1929 and 1930 by Camillo Olivetti to replace the Olivetti M20.
Although presented during the period of the Great Depression, the M40 was highly appreciated for its quality, speed of writing and lightness of touch of the keyboard (of the QZERTY type, as was the common on Italian writing machines).

In addition to the writing keys, the keyboard includes a spacial bar, two capital keys, a fixamcole key, the return button, a button releases margin and, in some versions, of 8 regisking/deregistable decimal tabs through a further two keys. Finally, there are two keys for the choice of the color of the ribbon.

It was completely produced in full iron, for a weight that exceeds 20 kg. The design and initiation of production lasted more than expected due to the precision of the teaming that it wanted to give to the machine. When he finally entered production, despite a period of crisis such as that of the great depression, he found the favor of customers, who appreciated the greater quality, the writing speed and the lightness of touch of the keyboard.
After the M20, with which Olivetti had entered the international markets, with the M40 he competed with the most renowned machines to write.

The Olivetti company was born on October 29, 1908. The founder, ing. Camillo Olivetti on the roof of the two -storey red brick factory had a billboard positioned, almost as large as the east side of the building, which reported the writing: ing. C. Olivetti & C. First national team factory.

The conditions of the object are perfect. There are no traces of rust or wear. The typewriter has been held in the display case for over 50 years.