corbett lightbown r w (19 résultats)

Etat : Good. Original gilt lettered brown cloth, dust jacket, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.; Blind stampoed book plate on title page; small name stamp on first free endpaper.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/near fine hardback in near fin e dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 8vo (24 cm), VIII, 248 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj clipped, blind collector's stamp on the half-title). The title page was once the most expensive and elaborate part of a book. With advances in printing technology and changing reading practices, it became a space for innovative design, illustration, and audience engagement. The Comely Frontispiece offers the first comprehensive study of the title page's role in the development of English Renaissance books. Karen L. Corbett and Stephen Lightbown draw on extensive evidence to explore the purpose of these elements, challenging the traditional view that they were merely advertisements. They demonstrate how title pages conveyed ideas about the status and ambitions of authors and printers and influenced readers' perceptions of a book. By placing title pages at the heart of early modern England's literary culture, this book highlights their essential role in the evolution of the printed book.

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Dust ajcket lightly age-toned, sparsely marked on each panel, bumped on top fore-corners, prior price label on front flap; Light brown cloth boardsa touch bumped on top corners, gilt lettering bright; Pages age-toned, slight offsetting on endpapers, no ownership marks, B&W plates and illustrations; Binding tight. Although this text provides a general overview of frontispiece illustrations between the 15th and 17th centuries, it is primarily concerned with the treatment and representation of women in this context. ; 6.5 x 9.5"; 248 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good ++. Etat de la jaquette : Dustjacket Very Good +. 1st Edition. 248 pages. B&W illustrations. Clean pale yellow background dustjacket with light wear to edges. Very clean toffee-brown hardback binding. Near fine condition contents.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hard cover with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition. Acquired from Sotheran's booksellers, the longest established antiquarian booksellers in the world, founded in 1761. Their discreet stamp is present at title page, rear index page and pageblock face. General shelf and handling wear, including light creasing and wear to DJ cover, edges and corners. Tan cloth boards are very clean; light wear to edges and corners only. Within, pages are tightly bound, content unmarked. CN. Used.

Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm, viii, 248 pp, ills. From the blurb: "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-pages which represent all 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, Smith's History of Virginia, Hobbes's Leviathan. We learn that these title-pages were not intended simply as ornaments but as visual epitomes in the emblematic mode of significant aspects of the book. Mrs Corbett and Mr Lightbown show that they were designed by the author and his advisers, and explore the whole world of Renaissance emblematic imagery on which they drew. We see how famous figures used the engraved title-page to express the ideas they had in mind when their books were conceived and written - ideas about the Church and society, philosophy and manners, poetry and drama, science and medicine - so that it affords us an exceptional insight into what they themselves considered was important or attractive in their own creations. The authors have also provided a long general introduction to the world of Renaissance title. Pages and emblematic imagery which is the first of its kind." Rosenblum: "The authors discuss four types of illustrated title pages-those with "a single overall design," those divided into compartments, those with a cartouche, and those arranged architecturally. " Among the other title-pages considered are those for John Dee's 1577 General and Rare Memorials and Henry Peacham's 1622 the Compleat Gentleman. Very Good in dustwrapper with minor wear.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : very good. brown cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 248 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Cloth/dust jacket and mylar wrapped octavo.

Brown Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. viii., 248 pages, b/w illustrations. Minor wear, bumping to covers, contents fine, unmarked, edgewear, soiling, small tear to rear of dustjacket. [765] Size: 245mm. x 165mm. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. First Edition.

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. 248 pp., ills, 8vo, cloth/d-j.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition; First Printing. In the original publisher's brown cloth hardback, sharp-cornered, with bright gilt titling to the spine. Slight 'pushing' to the head/tail of the spine from storage - negligible (NO damage) . In the publisher's pictorial dust-jacket, which is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks Fine. A few faint marks to the page fore-edges if you look closely, but they present as clean. A PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION on the front free endpaper to 'Irene' (Joyce Irene Whalley - also a literary author) from 'Ronald' (the co-author Ronald Lightbown). Otherwise internally no other inscriptions or marks. (viii) + 248pp. 20 essays on 20 important works each with their full page Frontispiece illustrated in b/w. Plus a long Introduction. Footnotes. Bibliographical notes. Abbreviations, and Index. An Excellent copy. "When the title page came along in the 16th century, it was just letter-press. But as the 16th century wore on, title pages grew more ambitious, and were engraved, with the title enclosed in a structure modelled on the facades of buildings of the time. The panels of these fantastic inky edifices included allegorical figures (quite often well-endowed ladies) , pithy sayings and emblematic vignettes. It's not always easy to work out who was responsible for what. The designs are often signed with a name or names followed by a phrase (in Latin and abbreviated) which at least in theory explained what that person did delineavit (drew) , invenit (devised) , sculpsit (engraved) or just fecit (made) but in practice the roles are blurred. This, the best book on the subject, is on English title pages. The authors show that in England it was often the author who devised the design." See Images; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall, ; 256 pages; Signed by One Author.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. 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.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. The origins of Title Pages are international and go back to the late fifteenth century , in the first part we give an indication of various kinds of Renaissance title pages . Even now the importance of title pages is not properly understood. 8vo , Pp, viii, 248 .Original light brown boards with title on spine in gold, Dust jacket very good with just a little fading to spine , otherwise a very good copy. this book should appeal to Book lovers and Historians.

Etat : New.

Etat : New.

Etat : New.

Etat : New.

First Edition. Publisher's hardback with the excellent dust-jacket. pp viii + 248. 20 plates and in-text illusts. A Fine copy. A study of the emblematic titlepages of twenty books published in England between 1577 and 1651, including the last edition of the Bishops' Holy Bible (1602) and The Workes of Beniamin Jonson (1616). Book.