Remarkable books
Subtitle: a celebration of the world's most beautiful and historic works
By: contributors, Father Michael Collins, with Alexandra Black, Thomas Cussans, John Farndon, and Philip Parker
Contributors: Black, Alexandra, contributor; Cussans, Thomas, contributor; Farndon, John, contributor; Parker, Philip, 1965- contributor
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: DK
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781465463623
Subjects: Books and reading; Books; Pictorial works; Best books; History
Other titles: Remarkable books :
Description: "A beautifully illustrated guide to more than 75 of the world's most celebrated, rare, and seminal books and handwritten manuscripts ever produced, with discussions of their purpose, features, and creators. From ancient masterpieces such as The Art of War, written on the leaves of bamboo, to the stunningly illustrated Birds of America, to Chairman Mao's Little Red Book, [this book] delves into the stories behind the most incredible tomes ever produced, offering an insight into their wider social and cultural context, and is chronologically ordered to demonstrate the synergies between the growth in human knowledge and the bookmaking process."--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 300 BCE to 999 CE; title: 1000 to 1449; title: 1450 to 1649; title: 1650 to 1899; title: 1900 onward.