The Printed Book of the Renaissance: Three Lectures on Type, Illustration and OrnamentOriginally published in 1950, and based on lectures given by the author at Harvard University in 1947, this volume provides a historical study of the book in its relationship with the dissemination of new artistic ideas during the Renaissance. The text is divided into three sections, each relating to a different area of book production: the first relates to type; the second to illustration; the third to ornament. This is a beautifully presented volume, containing a large number of illustrative examples, that will be of value to anyone with an interest in bibliography and the development of Renaissance thought. |
Contents
TYPE | 1 |
FIGURES | 5 |
T Kerver 1498 page | 16 |
Jo Haller 1504 | 17 |
Jo Siberch 1521 | 18 |
E Ratdolt 1505 | 20 |
S DE FANTI Theorica et Practica de modo scribendi Venice 1514 | 23 |
Jo Trechsel 1493 | 39 |
Besicken and Mayr 1494 | 44 |
N du Pré for P Gaudoul 1520 | 45 |
DARES PHRYGIUS Paris 1520 Anchises | 46 |
Jo Grünenberg 1513 | 47 |
Jo Grüninger 1502 | 49 |
A Tubini a o c 1500 SS 16 Jo REGIOMONTANUS Calendarium Venice Ratdolt Maler and Löslein 1476 | 65 |
TITLEBORDER ROME Jac Mazochius ISIO | 67 |
TITLEBORDER PARIS Jod Badius Ascensius ISII | 68 |
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