A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Novella Romantica col testo originale inglese posa in versi italiani
Author:
Imprint Date:
1821
Publishing Colophon:
Novella Romantica col testo originale inglese posa in versi italiani
Binding:
Unsupported sewn textblock with a blockprinted paper wrapper.
Paper:
Three-color blockprint: red and yellow leaves on a blue ground
Collector's Notes:
Bound with “Improvvisi con altre produzioni non estemporanee, Bologna MDCCCXII.”. A small detail of the keyblock for this pattern, printed as a blue-grey field without additional coloring, is reproduced in the Victoria and Albert Colour Book: Decorative Endpapers, p. 10. The same monochrome keyblock is shown in The MET Collection (#26.71.9(47))
Collection ID:
25.023