Scribes, Scripts and Books. The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance.

AVRIN, LEILA

ISBN 10: 071230245X / ISBN 13: 9780712302456

Edité par Chicago-London, American Library Association-The British Library. 1991, 1991

A propos de cet article

Original publisher's gray cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine and frontcover, blind-stamped illustration in red label frontcover, pictorial yellow dustjacket, large 4to: frontispiece, xxxij, 356pp., [4]pp., 308 plates, 35 figs, 7 maps, 10 tables, lists plates - gigures - maps - tables, captions, general bibliography, index. Very fine copy - as new.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Scribes, Scripts and Books. The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance.
• Éditeur: Chicago-London, American Library Association-The British Library. 1991
• Date de parution: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 071230245X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780712302456
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

This is an encyclopaedic history of the handmade book from antiquity to the Renaissance. It looks at the origins of the book, the development of scripts and styles of illumination, the making of manuscripts, and the technological processes involved.