Creator
Francesco Petrarca.
Title
Rime scelte.
Coverage
[London]:
Publisher
[T. Becket, William Bulmer & Co.],
Date
1801.
Subject
Purchased with support of the AKC Fund.
Description
Edwards of Halifax bindings were produced by the binding and bookselling enterprise founded by William Edwards (1723–1808) in the English town of Halifax. The British firm became known for painted parchment and vellum bindings, fore-edge paintings, and calf bindings in a style known as Etruscan, of which this is an example. Etruscan bindings feature Greek vase and lyre ornamentation that imitate the patterns of terracotta urns from Greek antiquity.
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School