An odyssey in print : adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries / Mary Augusta Thomas ; with a forewor...
An odyssey in print : adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries / Mary Augusta Thomas ; with a forewor...
An odyssey in print : adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries / Mary Augusta Thomas ; with a foreword by Nancy E. Gwinn ; and essays by Michael Dirda and Storrs L. Olson.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c2002.
Call Numbers
NQ027.573/12A , NQ027.573/12
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Language
English
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Physical content
179 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c2002.
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
c2002.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The final section journeys through the imaginations of artists, architects, and book designers, presenting among many pictorially rich selections a 1535 edition of Albrecht Durer's Institutionum geometricarum (Geometric instruction) and Doxford Opposed Piston Oil Engine, a paper-and-board pamphlet with movable pistons and levers from 1922."--BOOK J...
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Full title
An odyssey in print : adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries / Mary Augusta Thomas ; with a foreword by Nancy E. Gwinn ; and essays by Michael Dirda and Storrs L. Olson.
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Notes
General note
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, New York, May 16-Aug. 4, 2001, and at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries Gallery, Washington, May 2002-May 2003.
Includes index.
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Date Copyright
c2002.
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NQ027.573/12A , NQ027.573/12
Record Identifier
74Vv4w2gJ4Xg
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ISBN
1588340368 (alk. paper)
9781588340368 (alk. paper)
DDC
027.573
MMS ID
991015340549702626
