comely frontispiece emblematic title page england de corbett margery lightbown (19 résultats)

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 : 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 ++. 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. 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.

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.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. viii, 248 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Boards lightly dusty, else near fine condition. Lengthy introduction followed by detailed descriptions of 20 title pages. Illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.

(VIII) 248 p. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth with cream-coloured pictorial dustjacket (In good condition.).

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.

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good+ binding. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. viii, 248 pp., illus. First edition. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A very bright, fresh copy.

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.

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.

8vo, 23cm. Pp. viii,248, 20 plates, notes & refs., index. Hardbound, orig. cloth with pictorial dust-jacket Fine.

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.

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.

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.

London, 1979. VIII,248 pp. Plts. Cloth,d/j. Fine.