Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Dane, Joseph A. (1947-....)
Titre(s) : What is a book? [Texte imprimé] : the study of early printed books / Joseph A. Dane
Publication : Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, copyright 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV, 276 p.) : ill. (some color) ; 23 cm
Comprend : Elements of Material Books. Terminology ; The matter of size ; Materials: ink, paper
; Mechanics of the press: variation ; Page format and layout ; Typography ; Illustrations:
techniques and applications.
History of Books and Histories of Book-Copies. Bindings ; Marks in books: provenance
; Books in books and books from books ; Ideal copy and the goals of enumerative and
descriptive bibliography ; The Ersatz Book I : facsimiles and forgeries ; The Ersatz
Book II : electronic books and databases.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index. - Bibliogr. p. 261-269. - index
This work is an introduction to the study of books produced during the period of the
hand press, dating from around 1450 through 1800. Using his own bibliographic interests
as a guide, the author selects illustrative examples primarily from fifteenth-century
books, books of particular interest to students of English literature, and books central
to the development of Anglo-American bibliography. It covers the basic procedures
of printing and the parts of the physical book, size, paper, type, illustration; as
well as the history of book-copies from cataloging conventions and provenance to electronic
media and their implications for the study of books. The author begins with the central
distinction between a "book-copy", the particular, individual, physical book, and
a "book", the abstract category that organizes these copies into editions, whereby
each copy is interchangeable with any other. Among other issues, he addresses such
basic questions as: How do students, bibliographers, and collectors discuss these
things? And when is it legitimate to generalize on the basis of particular examples?
He considers each issue in terms of a practical example or question a reader might
confront: How do you identify books on the basis of typography? What is the status
of paper evidence? How are the various elements on the page defined? What are the
implications of the images available in an online database? And, significantly, how
does a scholar's personal experience with books challenge or conform to the standard
language of book history and bibliography?
Sujet(s) : Incunables -- Méthodologie
Livres -- 1400-1600
Histoire du livre -- 17e siècle
Histoire du livre -- 18e siècle
Genre ou forme : Bibliographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780268026097 (pbk.). - ISBN 0268026092 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb427227134
Notice n° :
FRBNF42722713
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