Books as History
Subtitle: The importance of books beyond their texts
By: David Pearson.
Publisher: British Library; Oak Knoll Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New Castle, DE
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781584562337; 9780712349239
Subjects: Books -- History; Bibliography, Critical; Books -- Social aspects; Books -- Provenance
Description: "A material culture study focused on the importance of books as objects and their histories from the Middle Ages to present. Looks beyond content and text of books, to other properties such as printing, binding, annotation, etc. Over 140 full-color illustrations, bibliography for further reading, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Books in History
pagenum: 7; title: Books Beyond Texts
pagenum: 27; title: Individuality Within Mass Production
pagenum: 77; title: Variety Through Ownership
pagenum: 93; title: The Collective Value of Historic Libraries
pagenum: 163; title: Values for the Future
pagenum: 175; title: Variety Between Copies: A Case Study
pagenum: 185; title: Further Reading
pagenum: 195; title: Picture Sources
pagenum: 200; title: Index
pagenum: 205