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

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TitleWhat is a Book?: The Study of Early Printed Books
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsDane, Joseph A.
Number of Pages276 pp.
PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
CityNotre Dame, IN
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780268026097
Annotation

Contents:
Part I. 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 II. 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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