Wed 7 Aug 2013
Bindings of the Day: Decorated Ward Libretti
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Today, all of the images are from early 19th century Italian libretti from the Ward Collection in the Harvard Theatre Collection. All of the decorated wrappers appear to be later than the original libretto which they protect, but they are no less interesting and beautiful for it.