Description: What Is a Book? : The Study of Early Printed Books, Paperback by Dane, Joseph A., ISBN 0268026092, ISBN-13 9780268026097, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This work 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, the author 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. It covers the basic procedures of printing and the parts of the physical book, size, paper, type, illustration; as well as the history of book-copies from cataloging conventions and provenance to electronic media and their implications for the study of books. The author begins with the central distinction between a "book-copy", the particular, individual, physical book, and a "book", the abstract category that organizes these copies into editions, whereby each copy is interchangeable with any other. Among other issues, he addresses such basic questions as: How do students, bibliographers, and collectors discuss these things? And when is it legitimate to generalize on the basis of particular examples? He considers each issue in terms of a practical example or question a reader might confront: How do you identify books on the basis of typography? What is the statusof paper evidence? How are the various elements on the page defined? What are the implications of the images available in an online database? And, significantly, how does a scholar's personal experience with books challenge or conform to the standard language of book history and bibliography?
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Book Title: What Is a Book? : The Study of Early Printed Books
Number of Pages: 294 Pages
Publication Name: What Is a Book? : the Study of Early Printed Books
Language: English
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Subject: Bibliographies & Indexes, General, Graphic Arts / Typography, Library & Information Science / Cataloging & Classification, Books & Reading, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.8 Oz
Author: Joseph A. Dane
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Design, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
