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From ‘The Lindisfarne Gospels’, Shakespeare’s First Folio and ‘The Grammar of Ornament’; to William Morris’s Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer, ‘The ...
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From ‘The Lindisfarne Gospels’, Shakespeare’s First Folio and ‘The Grammar of Ornament’; to William Morris’s Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer, ‘The ...
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The British Library
From ‘The Lindisfarne Gospels’, Shakespeare’s First Folio and ‘The Grammar of Ornament’; to William Morris’s Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer, ‘The Tale of Genji’, Russian Futurist books and today’s digital editions: this wide-ranging and lavishly illustrated book highlights treasures of the Library’s collection while exploring the development of book design, from how words appear on the page to how tables of contents evolved. 21 expert but accessible essays discuss how and why books came to look and feel the way they do, while exploring differences in Eastern and Western publishing and curiosities of the collection. Exquisite photography captures unique editions in close-up. With a useful glossary of terms and index. A book to fascinate, intrigue and delight any lover of books.
From ‘The Lindisfarne Gospels’, Shakespeare’s First Folio and ‘The Grammar of Ornament’; to William Morris’s Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer, ‘The Tale of Genji’, Russian Futurist books and today’s digital editions: this wide-ranging and lavishly illustrated book highlights treasures of the Library’s collection while exploring the development of book design, from how words appear on the page to how tables of contents evolved. 21 expert but accessible essays discuss how and why books came to look and feel the way they do, while exploring differences in Eastern and Western publishing and curiosities of the collection. Exquisite photography captures unique editions in close-up. With a useful glossary of terms and index. A book to fascinate, intrigue and delight any lover of books.
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Hardback
27 x 21.5cm
288 pages
Illustrated throughout in black-and-white and colour
FSC accredited paper
27 x 21.5cm
288 pages
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Overall product rating 5/5
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Packed full of interesting information and full of facts. Well put together.
and illustrated.
