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THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
pvp.41,00 €
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This book ties in with the latest free exhibition at the British Library, running from 7 November 2003 to 7 March 2004. It is an analysis of the contemporary manifestations of a traditional Chinese art ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
pvp.225,00 €
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This catalogue, with 285 illustrated entries and 318 original-size photographs, provides an invaluable conspectus of histories and chronicles, legal and medical manuscripts, Livery Companies' Ordinance Books, as well as literary works in a number of ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
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In this detailed study of illuminated medieval herbals, based on much new research, the author considers the illustrative traditions represented in the surviving manuscripts produced over a wide area between 512 to 1450. The evolution ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
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The second half of the eighteenth century in France was one fo the great ages of book illustration, which saw the meeting of top quality engraving, fine printing and high bibliophily. Based on the Panizzi ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
pvp.83,20 €
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The middle ages have long been famous for spectacular forgeries. In this innovative study Alfred Hiatt examines for the first time the function of forged documents in late medieval politics and society. He asks questions ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
pvp.22,50 €
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The period from 1400 to 1550 was a glorious era for European manuscript painting. Even after Gutenberg's invention of movable-type printing in around 1450, the demand for luxurious illuminated manuscripts continued well into the 16th ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
pvp.73,00 €
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From the late ninteenth century, wood engraving became a medium for creative expression. One of the most prolific engravers was Gwen Raverat, who trained as a painter and developed an impressionistic approach to the craft. ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
pvp.52,00 €
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The Silk Road, the ancient trade route passing through Bokhara to Samarkand in the west and Dunhuang to Xi'an in central China, conjures up exotic pictures of camel trains laden with bales of fine Chinese ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
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London as a centre for business and culture provided the essential focus for the development of the English book trade. In such a physically constricted urban space, printing, bookselling and all the associated activities were ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
pvp.85,00 €
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The printed book became the first successful mechanically mass-produced, marketable product. In the 50 years following the creation of the Gutenberg Bible, a major new industry became established, with huge implications for culture, religion, and ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
pvp.50,00 €
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Great Natural History Books and their Creators reveals the incredible stories behind these exceptional collector's books. Ray Desmond engagingly shares with the reader the dramatic behind-the-scene story of how these rare volumes were
created. ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
pvp.202,00 €
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This major new catalogue describes the 2,500 Khotanese manuscripts in the British Library's Aurel Stein and other Central Asian collections, including Buddhist and secular texts that enhance our understanding of northern Mahayana (as well as ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2003)
pvp.144,00 €
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This ground-breaking meticulous study deals with the creative explosions of book cover designs in Victorian Britain from 1830 to 1880. New technical developments during this time provided many practitioners such as Owen Jones, Walter Crane ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2002)
pvp.44,00 €
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Arthur Johnson's The Repair of Cloth Bindings brings to the student book binder a long-awaited manual that addresses the special problems of repairing and conserving cloth-covered books. As one of the leading designer bookbinders of ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2002)
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Biography as a genre has a long and interesting history. This collection of original essays points the reader in two directions. First, it shows how biography has become one of the staples of the publishing ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2002)
pvp.83,00 €
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The Book Collector (which started publication in 1952) has established itself as the one of the leading authorative journals for those interested in all aspects of bibliophily. Nicolas Barker, The Book Collector's editor for the ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2002)
pvp.95,00 €
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This important addition to the field of palaeography presents a well-illustrated history in the development of the ancient Hebrew Script. This work starts at the beginning of Hebrew Script, forges through the Second Temple period, ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2002)
pvp.154,00 €
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This major reference work describes the publishing history of the Books of Common Prayer that have appeared in the 450 years since the first prayer book was published in 1549. English and American editions are ...
THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2002)
pvp.99,00 €
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First edition. The fourth in the series The Bible as Book, this volume charts the extraordinary developments witnessed over the last fifty years, since the chance discovery in 1947 of biblical scrolls in a cave ...
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THE BRITISH LIBRARY (2002)
pvp.85,00 €
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Ephemera, literally, refers to something that lasts throughout the day, or, the "minor transient documents of everyday life" However many entries seek to provide a better definition of ephemera, since they include manuscript and printed ...