The Printed Book of the Renaissance
Three Lectures on Type, Illustration and Ornament

This beautifully presented volume provides a historical study of the book in its relationship with the dissemination of new artistic ideas during the Renaissance.

E.P. Goldschmidt (Author)

9780521167062, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 10 June 2010

138 pages
24.4 x 17 x 0.8 cm, 0.23 kg

Originally 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.

Preface
1. Type
2. Illustration
3. Ornament
Index
Figures
Plates.

Subject Areas: Publishing industry & book trade [KNTP]