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The Comely Frontispiece: The Emblematic Title-page in England, 1550-1660
by Corbett, Margery; Lightbown, R. W
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0710085540
- ISBN 13
- 9780710085542
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979 8vo (24 cm), VIII, 248 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj clipped, blind collector's stamp on the half-title). The title-page of a book was once its most expensive and elaborate part. With advances in printing technology and changing reading practices, however, it became a space for new experiments in design, illustration and audience engagement. "The Comely Frontispiece" offers the first comprehensive study of the role of the title-page in the development of English Renaissance books. Karen L. Corbett and Stephen Lightbown draw on a wealth of evidence to uncover the purpose of these artefacts, and to challenge the conventional view that they simply served as a form of advertising. They show how title-pages were used to communicate ideas about the status and ambitions of authors and printers, and to manipulate readers' responses to a book. By placing title-pages at the centre of the literary culture of early modern England, this book reveals the crucial role they played in the development of the printed book.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
(PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008186
- Title
- The Comely Frontispiece: The Emblematic Title-page in England, 1550-1660
- Author
- Corbett, Margery; Lightbown, R. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0710085540
- ISBN 13
- 9780710085542
- Publisher
- Routledge and Kegan Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography;
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Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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