Scribes, Scripts and Books. The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance.

AVRIN, LEILA

ISBN 10: 071230245X / ISBN 13: 9780712302456

Published by Chicago-London, American Library Association-The British Library. 1991, 1991

About this Item

Original publisher's gray cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine and frontcover, blind-stamped illustration in red label frontcover, pictorial yellow dustjacket, large 4to: frontispiece, xxxij, 356pp., [4]pp., 308 plates, 35 figs, 7 maps, 10 tables, lists plates - gigures - maps - tables, captions, general bibliography, index. Very fine copy - as new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scribes, Scripts and Books. The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance.
• Publisher: Chicago-London, American Library Association-The British Library. 1991
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071230245X
• ISBN 13: 9780712302456
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

First edition. A fascinating book which covers origins of the book, the history of writing, the book in the ancient world, the developement of scripts and styles of illumination, paper, and the cultural traditions of Islamic and Hebrew bookmaking. Illustrated. xxxii, 356, 2 pages. cloth.. 4to..