Remarks on an Early Book-catalogue Printed in Boston
Author : Samuel Abbott Green
Publisher :
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 31,29 MB
Release : 1693
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN :
Author : Samuel Abbott Green
Publisher :
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 31,29 MB
Release : 1693
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN :
Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 34,29 MB
Release : 1902
Category : English literature
ISBN :
Author : State Library of Massachusetts
Publisher :
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 45,29 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN :
Author : American Historical Association
Publisher :
Page : 1386 pages
File Size : 24,89 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Historiography
ISBN :
Author : Alfred Claghorn Potter
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 1903
Category :
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 1851
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Boston Athenaeum
Publisher :
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 15,67 MB
Release : 1878
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : Boston Public Library
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 30,47 MB
Release : 1866
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN :
Author : Indianapolis Public Library
Publisher :
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 39,16 MB
Release : 1878
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN :
Author : P. J. M. Marks
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 22,41 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0226824098
"Books have long been objects of beauty. For many centuries and in societies across the world, bookmakers have lavished great care on the paper, binding materials, and illustrations that surround the words on a page as well as on the lettering or type in which those words appear. This volume, featuring an array of beautiful books from the British Library's collection, focuses on the sensory experience of holding these objects in your hands. Each book represents a specific moment in the development of the object-from scrolls and bound illuminated manuscripts to paperbacks and formatted digital information. The books range from the seventh century to the present and include examples from China, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East as well as Europe and North America, with separate features on book traditions in Africa and Oceania. Expert curators and other specialists explore these books from the perspective of design and manufacturing, with original art photographs that zero in on their texture and materials as well as graphics that detail their size, number of folios, and other specifications. Offering a wide-ranging look at the creation and use of books, this volume is itself an object of beauty"--