Herbert Horne

Herbert Percy Horne (1864 in London [1] – 1916 in Florence, Italy) was an English poet, architect, typographer and designer, art historian and antiquarian.

[2] Horne was closely associated with Arthur Symons and Selwyn Image and their mistress Muriel (Edith) Broadbent.

He first visited Italy in 1889 and kept an illustrated journal of his travels and art and architectural research.

He donated his collection, of arts and handicrafts of the 14th and 15th centuries, to create the Museo della Fondazione Horne in Florence, where he died.

He is buried in the Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori in the southern suburb of Florence, Galluzzo (Italy).

Representative book design by Herbert Horne. ( Against War by Erasmus , Merrymount Press , printed 1908).