Carnet des Anniversaires The Ancients, in their wisdom, had a divinity whose special task was to preside men's memories. Her name was Mnemosyne, or Memory, and it was certainly no coincidence that it was she and Jove who gave birth to the Nine Muses, since all the arts are founded on a knowledge of things past. In is therefore only right that these blank pages should be interspersed with the big babies born of the brushes of great artists: they may serve as memory-jogging putti sent from Mnemosyne to remind the owners of this carnet not to send their aunts the same book they sent last year...

Title: Carnet des Anniversaires Tables: 14 Edition: Italian, Spanish, English Year: 2005 Dimensions: (cm) 23X23 Rilegato: In Black or Red "Orient" silk, with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case Iconographia: Riproduzione delle più note rappresentazioni classiche della figura di Amore. Paper: Ivory white laid paper Printer: ColorBlack Milano