The Smithsonian book of books :[The book lover's guide to the craft, history and mystery of books and bookmaking][Scrolls and scribes -- People of the book -- Illuminating the dark ages : Medieval glories of the British Isles-- The Gutenberg revolution : Caxton and Aldus; printing in the Americas -- Yes, we have now bananas : Morison, Zapf and Gill - Typography -- The bookmaker's craft : By its cover, the art of the binder -- The infinite library, timeless and incorruptible : A medieval revival in the arts of the book -- A picture's worth : Mother Goose and Company Books for the young-- Every word for everyman : The book business; Lost and found between the covers-- Last words ]

Langue : anglais

Edité par New York ; Avenel, New Jersey : Wings Books, distributed by Random House Value Publishing, 1995, 1992, 1995

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ISBN: 0517147254 ((hardcover)); 9780517147252 ((hardcover)) LCCN: 95-14441 ; LC: Z4; Dewey: 002 ; OCLC: 32310907 ; Through more than 300 glorious illustrations from library collections around the globe, you'll discover a wealth of book lore in these pages and gain a new appreciation for the role of books in human society, from our earliest attempts at writing and recording information to the newest electronic books; from sumptuous illuminated and bejeweled medieval manuscripts to Gutenberg and the invention of movable type; from the diverse arts and crafts of bookmaking to the building of magnificent libraries for housing treasured volumes; from the ancient epic of Gilgamesh to the plays of Shakespeare and the tales of Beatrix Potter; and from the earliest illustrated books to revolutionary science texts." ; "The book lover's guide to the craft, history and mystery of books and bookmaking." ; Contents: Prologue -- Scrolls and scribes -- People of the book -- Illuminating the dark ages : Medieval glories of the British Isles-- The Gutenberg revolution : Caxton and Aldus; printing in the Americas -- Yes, we have now bananas : Morison, Zapf and Gill - Typography -- The bookmaker's craft : By its cover, the art of the binder -- The infinite library, timeless and incorruptible : A medieval revival in the arts of the book -- A picture's worth : Mother Goose and Company Books for the young-- Every word for everyman : The book business; Lost and found between the covers-- Last words ; FINE/FINE.

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The Smithsonian book of books :[The book lover's guide to the craft, history and mystery of books and bookmaking][Scrolls and scribes -- People of the book -- Illuminating the dark ages : Medieval glories of the British Isles-- The Gutenberg revolution : Caxton and Aldus; printing in the Americas -- Yes, we have now bananas : Morison, Zapf and Gill - Typography -- The bookmaker's craft : By its cover, the art of the binder -- The infinite library, timeless and incorruptible : A medieval revival in the arts of the book -- A picture's worth : Mother Goose and Company Books for the young-- Every word for everyman : The book business; Lost and found between the covers-- Last words ]
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Olmert, Michael. ; Michael Heyman, Daniel H Goodwin, Patricia Gallagher, Alexis Dostor, Amy DOnovan, Joe Goodwin, Bryan D Kennedy, Sonia Reece, Jennifer McCartney, Frances C Rowell, Carrie E Bruns, Juliana Monfort, R. Jenny Takacs, V Susan Guardado, Anne P Naruta, Elizabeth Dahlslien, Patricia Upchurch, Martha Sewall, Stephen J Bergstrom, Gail Grella, Ruth A Chamblee, Anne Carman
Éditeur
New York ; Avenel, New Jersey : Wings Books, distributed by Random House Value Publishing, 1995, 1992
Année de publication
1995
État de l'article
Fine
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Fine
Type de livre
Book
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
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0517147254
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780517147252

Joseph Valles - Books

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