The Comely Frontispiece; The Emblematic Title-page in England 1550-1660

Corbett, Margery; Lightbown, R.W.

ISBN 10: 0710085540 / ISBN 13: 9780710085542

Edité par Routlege & Kegan Paul, London, 1979

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Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Minor bump to head and heel of spine. Text is clean and bright, no marks. Unclipped dust jacket with £11.95 price shows light edgewear. "Many of the major books published in the years between 1550 and 1660 , one of the richest periods in English culture, were embellished with an elaborate engraved title-page. From among them Margery Corbett and Ronald Lightbown have selected twenty title-pagesd which represent the different branches of learning, theology, philosophy, history, poetry, medicine. Some of the books are among the most famous in the language, the Bible, Chapman's Homer, Raleigh's History of the World, Smoth's History of Viriginia, Hobbe's Leviathan. They have provided a long general introduction to the world of Renaissance title-pages and emblematic imagery which is the first of its kind.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Comely Frontispiece; The Emblematic Title-page in England 1550-1660
• Éditeur: Routlege & Kegan Paul, London
• Date de parution: 1979
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0710085540
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780710085542
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
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brown cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 248 pp