The book by design : the remarkable story of the world's greatest invention / edited by P. J. M. Marks & Stephen Parkin.
2023
Non-Fiction
On loan from Popular Reading, due 16. Oct 2025
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Title
The book by design : the remarkable story of the world's greatest invention / edited by P. J. M. Marks & Stephen Parkin.
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Imprint
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Copyright
©2023
Description
288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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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
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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.
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280) and index.
Call Number
Non-Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9780226824093 hardcover
0226824098 hardcover
9780226824109 electronic book
0226824098 hardcover
9780226824109 electronic book
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