What Is a Book? The Study of Early Printed Books

Name: What Is a Book? The Study of Early Printed Books
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ISBN: 9780268026097

ISBN-10: 0268026092

ISBN-13: 9780268026097

Edition: 2012

Authors: Joseph A. Dane

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Joseph A. Dane’sWhat Is a Book?is an introduction to the study of books produced during the period of the hand press, dating from around 1450 through 1800. Using his own bibliographic interests as a guide, Dane selects illustrative examples primarily from fifteenth-century books, books of particular interest to students of English literature, and books central to the development of Anglo-American bibliography. Part I ofWhat Is a Book?covers the basic procedures of printing and the parts of the physical book—size, paper, type, illustration; Part II treats the history of book-copies—from cataloging conventions and provenance to electronic media and their implications for the study of…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date: 3/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 294
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Joseph A. Dane is a professor of English at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.