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paper wrappers. 7 x 10 inches. paper wrappers. 108 pages. Seven Perspectives on the Woodcut covers a wide range of issues related to bookmaking in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The analyses of the art of the woodcut presented here have their beginnings in the exhibition "A Heavenly Craft: The Woodcut in Early Printed Books," which opened at the Library of Congress in April 2005. The exhibition and its catalogue celebrated the large gift of illustrated books by Lessing J. Rosenwald, retired chairman of Sears, Roebuck & Company, to the library and examined the early history of printed books through some of the collection's rarest items. The Library of Congress also hosted a symposium in honor of the exhibition and Rosenwald's gift and invited scholars of art history and bibliography to contribute to a discussion of the woodcut in early printed books. Each chapter analyzes unique perspectives on the artistic development of the woodcut. Topics include the work of Albrecht Dürer, distinguished miniaturist Benedetto Bordon, early illustrated versions of Genesis, the illustrations for Bernhard von Breydenbach's Travels in the Holy Land, one of the earliest travelogues, and the history of early illustrated prayer books and devotional texts. Corresponding images of woodcuts as well as photographs of original woodblocks appear throughout the volume. Distributed for the Library of Congress. …

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy . Book Very Good. No Dust Jacket Signed by authors on title page. (Pictorial works, Shakespeare, Theater, Folger Shakespeare Library).

Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour illustrations, illustrated endpapers, minor edgewear jacket (tiny tear bottom edge), minor edgewear corners few pages, top corner rear cover bumped. Heavy (1.6 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 222 pp. This book explores both books and art. Paul Needham chronicles the history of the C. W. Dyson Perrins book auction, noting highlights in the collection. Lilian Armstrong, an art historian, looks at woodcut designs printed in early Italian books. Daniela Laube looks at the 15th and early 16th-century work of printers and woodcut designers in Germany. Daniel De Simone begins to build on 19th and 20th century scholarship in early woodcut illustration. This book has been published for an exhibition in New York, Washington and Dallas in 2004 - 2005.…

Fine condition in fine DJ. Illustrated books purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald at the sale of the Library of C. W. Dyson Perrins. Illustrated by Color & B&W illustrations. 1st edition. Binding is cloth.

cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 222 pages. First hardcover edition. Fine in fine jacket. Table of contents, foreword by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, preface, scholarly essays, bibliography, list of abbreviations, index. Published for an exhibition at the Grolier Club, New York, and the Library of Congress. Color illustrations throughout. …