What is a Book?: The Study of Early Printed Books

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2012
Author
Author: Joseph A. Dane
Language
English
Number of Pages
276 pp.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
City
Notre Dame, IN
Chronological Period
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
ISBN
9780268026097
Annotation

Contents: 

Part 1. Elements of material books Terminology 

  • The matter of size
  • Materials: ink, paper
  • Mechanics of the press: variation
  • Page format and layout
  • Typography
  • Illustrations: techniques and applications 

Part 2. History of books and histories of book-copies Bindings 

  • Marks in books: provenance
  • Books in books and books from books
  • Ideal copy and the goals of enumerative and descriptive bibliography
  • The ersatz book I: Facsimiles and forgeries
  • The ersatz book II: Electronic books and databases
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