Christopher Plantin's Books of Hours: Illustration and Production.
Rare and modern books
Bowen (Karen Lee)
Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1997.,
Christopher Plantin's Books of Hours: Illustration and Production.
Rare and modern books
Bowen (Karen Lee)
Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1997.,
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- Author
- Bowen (Karen Lee)
- Publishers
- Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1997.
- Keyword
- EARLY PRINTING BIBLIOGRAPHY Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520-1589 Catholic Church Liturgy Texts Illustrations, Wood-engraving, Flemish Belgium Antwerp Wood-engraving 16th century Books of, hours Printing History
Description
xxxi, 301pp., 156 plates, orig. cloth. An in-depth examination of Plantin's large-scale production of books of hours, comprising a survey of their illustration as well as accounts of the general process by which they were printed. A pioneer study of great interest both from the art-historical and from the bibliographical point of view. Contains inter alia many additions and corrections's to Voet's The Plantin Press.
