This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean. Illustrated with line drawings of letters from various alphabets, black & white photographs of ancient inscriptions, etc. 10" high X 8" wide, 320 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

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Title

The Alphabetic Labyrinth: The Letters in History and Imagination

Publisher

Thames & Hudson, New York

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0500016089

ISBN 13

9780500016084

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First American Edition.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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pgs:320. 1995, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981

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Long regarded as a divine gift, the alphabet has been seen not just as a collection of arbitrary signs but as the direct visual embodiment of meaning. Pythagoreans, Kabbalists, neo-Platonists, and medieval Catholic mystics regarded the alphabet as a code that explained the universe. Drucker (art history, Yale) examines these and other ideas about the origins and inherent meanings of the alphabet, relating them to their intellectual milieu. She also discusses developments in the forms of the letters. She notes, for example, how modern typefaces, first developed in the late 18th century, embody Enlightenment philosophy. Her well-written discussion is enriched with over 300 illustrations drawn from important texts and documents. A major study in the history of books and the history of ideas; recommended for academic and public libraries alike.
Joseph Rosenblum, Guilford Technical Community Coll., Jamestown, N.C.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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