Author: Cowley, Des; Williamson, Clare.
Title: The World of the Book.
Description: Melbourne Miegunyah / Melbourne University Press (MUP), 2009. Paperback large quarto (with flaps), very good plus condition, many colour & black & white text-photos (some full-page, some reproductions). Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 250 pp. From the earliest known myths and legends to postmodern fiction, books are mirrors of real worlds, windows into imagined worlds and keepers of powerful ideas. Beautifully illustrated, this book celebrates this age-old tradition, drawing upon the rare collections of the State Library of Victoria. Within these covers you will discover an illuminated manuscript created for the Medici family of Florence in 1479, masterpieces of early printing - such as Gutenberg's Bible, books recording the scientific discoveries of Copernicus, atlases and illustrated accounts from the great age of travel and exploration, works by the great botanical and natural history artists such as Audubon, the lavish productions by William Morris and the Kelmscott Press, etc. A book for browsing and admiring, as much as for reading. ISBN: 9780522857191

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