Description
Among the book heritage preserved in the Palatina Library, one can admire numerous noteworthy bindings, different in materials, styles of production, places and times of production.
First of all, the bindings made by Louis Antoine Laferté, a member of an important family of French bookbinders, stand out for their elegant and refined ornamentation. He was called by the first librarian Paolo Maria Paciaudi to give a refined appearance to the book collection of the nascent Institution.
Over time, the Library has been enriched with numerous specimens with precious, curious, interesting, sometimes rare bindings, which have been the subject of study by Prof. Federico Macchi.
Discover our manuscript and incunabula bindings!
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MANUSCRIPT AND INCUNABULA BINDINGS
Manuscripts
INDEX OF BINDINGS OF PARMA MANUSCRIPTS
PALATINE MANUSCRIPT BINDINGS INDEX
Incunabula
INDEX OF PARMA INCUNABOLI BINDINGS
INDEX BINDINGS PALATINE INCUNABOLA
Printed books
PALATINE