Falsi e pastiche. Considerazioni su un gruppo di legature “romaniche” del XIX secolo

This contribution is devoted to a group of book covers which either present a combination of authentic Romanesque elements with 19th century forgeries or can be considered complete forgeries. Close in shape and style, they can be attributed to the same counterfeiter or, alternatively, to several workshops which, in the decades around the middle of the 19th century, shared similar practices, tools, techniques and models.