Beautiful Book Designs: From the Middle Ages to the Mid 20th Century

Beautiful Book Designs: From the Middle Ages to the Mid 20th Century

Hiroshi Uno • Pacific Image Electronics International

ISBN-10: 4756247040 · ISBN-13: 978‑4756247049 · 2017

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This is a complete collection of over 100 'Beautiful Books' in the world, printed with high-quality. Although the body text is in Japanese, the title of each book appears in its original language, and the complete book list including the year of publication, country, and the owner is written in English. A treasured book for book lovers, printings, and those who love classic culture in the West. Following libraries and museum have the books introduced in this book. Pierpont Morgan Library New York, Library of Congress, Washington DC, New York Public Library New York, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Wolfsonian FIU Library Florida, FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE Japanese CONDITION Brand New Table of Contents The wonderful world of the beautiful books_4Chapter 1 The history of the beautiful books_11The medieval period ---Illuminated manuscripts_13Book of Kells / around 800, ScotlandThe dawn of the printed book_77Gutenberg 42-Line Bible / around1455, GermanyThe 17th and 18th centuries_89Songs of Innocence and of Experience / Author: William Brake, 1794, EnglandThe 19th century_107The Grammar of Ornament / Author: Owen Jones, 1856, EnglandLate 19th century_125The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer / 1896, EnglandThe 20th century_200Vogue / November 1913, AmericaJazz / Author: Henri Matisse, 1947, FranceChapter 2 Searching for flower gardens of ornaments and ideal type characters_201Beautiful flowers_202Les Roses / Illustrator: Pierre-Joseph Redoute, 1817-1824, FranceBeautiful typography_248Fleuron, Vol.6, On decorative Printing in America / 1928,EnglandThe time Machine / 1931, AmericaList of books_305 Details ISBN 4756247040 Author Hiroshi Unno Pages 304 Year 2016 ISBN-10 4756247040 ISBN-13 9784756247049 Format Paperback Media Book Publication Date 2016-05-26 Imprint PIE Books Subtitle From the Middle Ages to the Mid 20th Century Place of Publication Tokyo Country of Publication Japan DEWEY 686 Short Title Beautiful Book Designs UK Release Date 2016-05-26 Illustrations Full colour illustrations throughout Publisher PIE Books Audience General Country of Origin JP Product Class Description Photography Language Japanese We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.

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