Scribes, Script & Books. The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Illustrations by Malla Carl and Noah Ophir.

Chicago; American Library Association & London; The British Library, 1991. 28,5x22,5 cm. xxxii, 356, (2, 2 blanks) pp. Publisher's decorated linen with printed dustjacket. The jacket has a small chip at top front corner, and a few insignificant creases on front panel. A fine copy. ". after chapters on the origins of the book, the history of writing, the book in the ancient world, the development of scripts and styles of illumination, and the making of manuscripts through the centuries, the author goes on to deal with the cultural traditions of Hebrew and Islamic bookmaking, and the techniques of bookbinding and papermaking, giving detailed practical explanations of all the technological processes involved. A very full bibliography completes the work." (front flap).