
The Book by Design
The Remarkable Story of the World's Greatest Invention
University of Chicago Press
Published on 2. November 2023
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-226-82409-3 (ISBN)
Description
"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"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 269 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-82409-3 (9780226824093)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
P.J.M Marks is a curator of bookbindings at the British Library. Stephen Parkin is a curator of the British Library's printed heritage collections, 1450-1600.