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Libri antichi e moderni

Hardie, Martin, Introduction By James Laver

English Coloured Books

1990

25,38 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1990
Luogo di stampa
London. Fitzhouse Books
Autore
Hardie, Martin, Introduction By James Laver
Edizione
reprint of the 1906 first edition.
Soggetto
Books about Books, Collecting Reference
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

large 8vo [25 x 19 cm]; xxiv, 340 pp, frontis, 28 plates, index. original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped), fine and clean, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. There are two detailed chapters on the origins of coloured printing and of the methods of book illustration from 1500 to 1800. These are followed by 22 detailed chapters on individuals, publishers and the development and improvement of methods and techniques to the twentieth century. There are appendices on colored books with plates by Baxter, Ackerman, Rowlandson, Alien.