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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good Condition. 19 pages, 296 pages, 4 colour plates, 198 black & white plates. Original brown cloth, gilt. Dustwrapper with some mild creases and three closed tears. The book gives the appearance of being unread. From the collection of Jean F. Preston, Curator of Manuscripts (1977-1991) and Curator of Medieval Manuscripts (1991-1993) in the Firestone Library, Princeton University; died at home in Oxford, England, in July 2006. Her signature on the front endpaper. THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PICTURE OF THIS ITEM TO SHOW YOU MORE DETAILS. Size: 21 x 30 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Varied Books; Hardback; ISBN: 0521355362. ISBN/EAN: 9780521355360. Inventory No: 369285. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the…
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Humanists and Bookbinders: The Origins and Diffusion of Humanistic Bookbinding, 1459-1559 Hardcover - 1990
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- Title Humanists and Bookbinders: The Origins and Diffusion of Humanistic Bookbinding, 1459-1559
- Author Anthony Hobson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 316
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Date January 26, 1990
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780521355360 / 0521355362
- Weight 3.59 lbs (1.63 kg)
- Dimensions 11.69 x 8.27 x 1.5 in (29.69 x 21.01 x 3.81 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Italy - Intellectual life - 1268-1559, France - Intellectual life - 16th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 88020335
- Dewey Decimal Code 686.3
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Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0521355362 . First edion 1989, xix + 296pp, illustrated, bound in brown cloth gilt spine lettering, small spot on endpapers, with VG dustwrapper; Large quarto .
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1989. Cloth, gilt device on each board, folio, 31 cm,. xix, 296 pp, 4 colour plates, 198 ills. From the blurb: "In this important study of north Italian and Parisian bindings (the first for over sixty years), the author has elegantly considered the twin claims of ornament and patronage. The decorative possibilities of bookbinding were transformed during the third quarter of the fifteenth century. Gilt-tooling, polychrome filigree, architectural and plaquette ornament replaced gothic decoration in blind. This transformation, wholly independent of the contemporaneous invention of printing in Germany, was the work of a small group of antiquaries and scribes centred in Padua. Elements taken from Islamic bookbindings and metalwork, antique monuments and inscriptions, and classical gems in the Gonzaga and Medici collections were adapted to create a new style. Italian men of letters, foreign students returning from the universities of Bologna and…
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1989. Cloth, gilt device on each board, folio, 31 cm,. xix, 296 pp, 4 colour plates, 198 ills. From the blurb: "In this important study of north Italian and Parisian bindings (the first for over sixty years), the author has elegantly considered the twin claims of ornament and patronage. The decorative possibilities of bookbinding were transformed during the third quarter of the fifteenth century. Gilt-tooling, polychrome filigree, architectural and plaquette ornament replaced gothic decoration in blind. This transformation, wholly independent of the contemporaneous invention of printing in Germany, was the work of a small group of antiquaries and scribes centred in Padua. Elements taken from Islamic bookbindings and metalwork, antique monuments and inscriptions, and classical gems in the Gonzaga and Medici collections were adapted to create a new style. Italian men of letters, foreign students returning from the universities of Bologna and…
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989 4to (30.5 cm), xix, 296 pp., 5 color plates, 198 black & white illustrations. Publisher's cloth & dust jacket (dj slightly rubbed at extremities, small tear to the spine). First edition, a revision of a series of lectures delivered at the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1979. "In this important study of North Italian and Parisian bindings (the first for over sixty years), the author has elegantly considered the twin claims of ornament and patronage. The decorative possibilities of bookbinding were transformed during the third quarter of the fifteenth century. Gilt-tooling, polychrome filigree, architectural and plaquette ornament replaced Gothic decoration in blind. This transformation, wholly independent of the contemporaneous invention of printing in Germany, was the work of a small group of antiquaries and scribes centered in Padua. Elements taken from Islamic bookbindings and metalwork, antique monuments and inscriptions, and classical gems…
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989 4to (30.5 cm), xix, 296 pp., 5 color plates, 198 black & white illustrations. Publisher’s cloth & dust jacket (dj slightly rubbed at extremities). First edition, a revision of a series of lectures delivered at the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1979. "In this important study of North Italian and Parisian bindings (the first for over sixty years), the author has elegantly considered the twin claims of ornament and patronage. The decorative possibilities of bookbinding were transformed during the third quarter of the fifteenth century. Gilt-tooling, polychrome filigree, architectural and plaquette ornament replaced Gothic decoration in blind. This transformation, wholly independent of the contemporaneous invention of printing in Germany, was the work of a small group of antiquaries and scribes centered in Padua. Elements taken from Islamic bookbindings and metalwork, antique monuments and inscriptions, and classical gems in the Gonzaga and…
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