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The Mind of the Book Pictorial Title-pages.
Alastair Fowler presents a fascinating study of title pages printed in England from the early modern era to the nineteenth century, exploring their place in the History of the Book for the first time. He illuminates key features of title page design and presents 16 illustrations of significant title...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford Univ Pr
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Mind of the Book: Pictorial Title Pages; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; Historical Setting; Borders; Architectural Structures; Portraits; Printers' Devices; Emblems; Chronograms; Compartments; Later History; Classicizing fashions; Illustrations; Narrative illustration; Retrospective Gothic; Conclusions; Frontispieces & Commentaries; Geffray Chaucer: The Workes 1532; Portraits; Editor and publisher; Printer; The Great Bible 1539; Printing; Printers; Tableau; Inscriptions; Designer; John Dee: General and Rare Memorials 1577.
- FrameTableau; Inscriptions; Chronogram; Printer; Designer; John Harington: Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse (1591); Tableau; Inscriptions; Publication; Printer; Designer; Michael Drayton: Poly-Olbion 1612, 1622; UPON THE FRONTISPICE; Layout; Title; Tableau; Stationers; Printer; Patrons; Engraver; Designers; Ben Jonson: The workes 1616; Layout; Inscriptions; Medallions; Vignettes; Tableau; Printer; Designer; Francis Bacon: Instauratio Magna 1620; Tableau; Inscriptions; Engraver; Printer; Robert Herrick: Hesperides 1648; Emblems; Inscriptions; Stationers; Printer; Engraver; Designers.
- Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan 1651Inscriptions; Publication; Printer; Designers; Francis Barlow: Aesop's Fables 1666; Barlow's predecessors; Barlow's contribution; Artist; Tableau; Booksellers; Printers; Edward Sherburne: The Sphere of M. Manilius 1675; Author; Artist; Tableau; Inscriptions; Chronogram; Designers; Publisher; Alexander Pope: An Essay on Man 1745; Tableau; Inscriptions; Moralization; Designer; Printers; John Baskerville: Virgil's Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis 1757; Typography; Printer; William Makepeace Thackeray: The Rose and the Ring 1855; Versions; Artist and Illustrator.
- Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1870Tableau; Artists; Geoffrey Chaucer: Works 1896 (The Kelmscott Chaucer); Designer; The Kelmscott Press; Artist; The Kelmscott Chaucer; Glossary; Bibliography; Picture Credits; Index.