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Bowen (Karen Lee)

Christopher Plantin's Books of Hours: Illustration and Production.

Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1997.,

81.26 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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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

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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.
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