A heavenly craft : the woodcut in early printed books : illustrated books purchased by Lessing J. Ro...
A heavenly craft : the woodcut in early printed books : illustrated books purchased by Lessing J. Ro...
A heavenly craft : the woodcut in early printed books : illustrated books purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald at the sale of the library of C.W. Dyson Perrins / edited by Daniel De Simone.
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Full title
Publisher
New York : George Braziller ; Washington : Library of Congress, 2004.
Date
2004.
Call Numbers
NQ761.20902/1
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 222 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Contents
Foreword / James H. Billington -- Lessing J. Rosenwald and the "magnificent library" of C. W. Dyson Perrins / Paul Needham -- Venetian and Florentine Renaissance woodcuts for Bibles, liturgical books, and devotional books / Lilian Armstrong -- The stylistic development of German book illustration, 1...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : George Braziller ; Washington : Library of Congress, 2004.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
Access and use
Access Conditions
State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"At auction in 1946 and 1947 were books from what Paul Needham calls "the magnificent library" of the noted English book collector C. W. Dyson Perrins, heir to the Lea & Perrins fortune. One of the first important book auctions to follow World War II, the Dyson Perrins sale had among its bidders the agent for Lessing J. Rosenwald, the Philadelphia...
Alternative Titles
Full title
A heavenly craft : the woodcut in early printed books : illustrated books purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald at the sale of the library of C.W. Dyson Perrins / edited by Daniel De Simone.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-215) and index.
Contextual Information
Other version (online)
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
NQ761.20902/1
Record Identifier
74VKPMrrvkey
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPMrrvkey
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0807615366 (alk. paper)
9780807615362 (alk. paper)
DDC
761.209024074753
MMS ID
991019560249702626
