Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Titre(s) : The book by design [Texte imprimé] : the remarkable story of the world's greatest invention / ed. by P. J. M. Marks & Stephen Parkin
Publication : Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (288 p.) : ill. ; 28 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280) and index
"Books have long been objects of beauty. For many centuries and in societies across
the world, bookmakers have lavished great care on the paper, binding materials, and
illustrations that surround the words on a page as well as on the lettering or type
in which those words appear. This volume, featuring an array of beautiful books from
the British Library's collection, focuses on the sensory experience of holding these
objects in your hands. Each book represents a specific moment in the development of
the object-from scrolls and bound illuminated manuscripts to paperbacks and formatted
digital information. The books range from the seventh century to the present and include
examples from China, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East as well as Europe
and North America, with separate features on book traditions in Africa and Oceania.
Expert curators and other specialists explore these books from the perspective of
design and manufacturing, with original art photographs that zero in on their texture
and materials as well as graphics that detail their size, number of folios, and other
specifications. Offering a wide-ranging look at the creation and use of books, this
volume is itself an object of beauty"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Marks, P. J. M.. Éditeur scientifique
Parkin, Stephen George. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Histoire du livre
British library
Genre ou forme : Catalogues
Indice(s) Dewey :
002.09 (23e éd.) = Livre - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-7123-5404-2 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47351939r
Notice n° :
FRBNF47351939
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction -- ; I.. The Lindisfarne Gospels / / Eleanor Jackson ; ; Feature: Ethiopia,
African Scribes and the Illustrated Apocalypse / / Eyob Derillo ; ; II.. The Diamond
Sutra Printed in 868 / / Mélodie Doumy ; ; Feature: The Development of Paper / /
Lucy Vinten ; ; III.. The Arnstein Bible / / Kathleen Doyle ; ; Feature: King Henry
VIII's Copy of the 'Great Bible' / / Karen Limper-Herz ; ; IV.. The Golden Haggadah
/ / Ilana Tahan ; ; V.. The Queen Mary Psalter / / Kathleen Doyle ; ; Feature: The
Harmonies of Little Gidding / / Felicity Myrone ; ; VI.. The Mainz Psalter of 1457
/ / Adrian S. Edwards ; ; VII.. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili / / Stephen Parkin ; ;
Feature: Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico and his Followers / / Valentina Mirabella ;
; VIII.. Akbar's Khamsah of Nizami / / Ursula Sims-Williams ; ; IX.. The Shakespeare
First Folio of 1623 / / Adrian S. Edwards ; ; Feature: The Title Page and Other Paratexts
/ / Stephen Parkin ; ; X.. Excerpts from The Tale of Genji / / Hamish Todd ; ; Feature:
A Modern Mesoamerican Codex / / Mercedes Aguirre ; ; XI.. William Leighton's The
Teares or Lamentacions of a Sorrowfull Soule / / James Ritzema and Christopher Scobie
; ; Feature: The Design of Human Atlases / / Sophie Defrance ; ; XII.. A Description
of Three Hundred Animals / / Lucy Evans ; ; Feature: Miniature Books: Their Charm
and Purpose / / Helen Peden and Annalisa Ricciardi ; ; XIII.. A Qur'an from Aceh
/ / Annabel Teh Gallop ; ; XIV.. Owen Jones's The Grammar of Ornament / / Edmund
M. B. King ; ; Feature: American Publishers' Bindings, Nineteenth Century / / Edmund
M. B. King ; ; XV.. The Buddha's Last Birth Tale / / Jana Igunma ; ; Feature: A
Material Identity in Oceania Book Design / / Lucy Rowland ; ; XVI.. Audubon's The
Birds of America / / Felicity Myrone ; ; Feature: 'An Error of Taste': Smithers,
Beardsley and the Savoy / / Alex Kither ; ; XVII.. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
/ / Helen Peden ; ; Feature: Twentieth-Century Typefaces / / Philip Parker ; ; XVIII..
Sadok Sudei and other Futurist Books from Russia / / Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia ; ;
Feature: Cartonera Books and Publishers / / Iris Bachmann and Annalisa Ricciardi
; ; XIX.. Century / / Philip Parker ; ; Feature: Penguin Books and the Paperback
Revolution / / Philip Parker ; ; XX.. Sea Air / / Jeremy Jenkins ; ; Feature: Women
Publishers and Designers / / Alexandra Pringle ; ; XXI.. Editions at Play / / Giulia
Carla Rossi ; ; Feature: Book Design as an Agent of Conservation / / Katie McElvanney
; ; Epilogue -- ; Glossary -- ; Notes -- ; Further Reading -- ; Index -- ; Credits
-- ; QR Codes.
