Bookplates (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Edward Almack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330709837 ISBN 13 : 9781330709832

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A concise, illustrated guide to the history and craft of bookplates. This book surveys how ownership marks have traveled from early manuscripts to modern ex libris, and what they reveal about readers and collectors.

Edward Almack explains the origins of ex libris, the different kinds of blocks and plates, and how techniques like woodcut, copper-plate engraving, mezzotint, and aquatint produced distinct looks. The discussion ranges from early German and French practices to English and American examples, with notes on notable owners and their arms, crests, and inscriptions. The book also situates bookplates within the broader world of book collecting, libraries, and connoisseurship, showing why these signs continue to charm readers today.

• Learn how various engraving methods created the visual language of bookplates, from woodcuts to steel engravings.


• Explore the spread of bookplates across regions and centuries, with examples from Europe and America.


• Meet collectors, printmakers, and owners who left a mark on bibliophilic history.


• Understand how heraldry, inscriptions, and signatures add meaning to a book’s provenance.

Ideal for readers interested in book history, printmaking, and the personal touches that connect people to their books.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330709837
• ISBN 13: 9781330709832
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 275
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