Manuscript in Skull and Crossbones Binding. Uffizio de
Manuscript in Skull and Crossbones Binding.Uffizio de Morti. Italy, late-18th to early-19th century.Folio format manuscript containing the Office of the Dead, written on a combination of laid and wove paper stocks and consisting of twenty-eight leaves, text in an italic hand in brown and red ink, bound in original paper wrappers with a bold skull and crossbones design on both covers with the background in black, the front cover damaged with water, loss of painted surface, the back cover in better condition, 16 x 11 in.
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Manuscript in Skull and Crossbones Binding.Uffizio de Morti. Italy, late-18th to early-19th century.Folio format manuscript containing the Office of the Dead, written on a combination of laid and wove paper stocks and consisting of twenty-eight leaves, text in an italic hand in brown and red ink, bound in original paper wrappers with a bold skull and crossbones design on both covers with the background in black, the front cover damaged with water, loss of painted surface, the back cover in better condition, 16 x 11 in.
