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Adventure and art : the first one hundred years of printing ; an exhibition of books, woodcuts, and illustrated leaves printed between 1455 and 1555 ; November 17, 1998 - April 15, 1999, Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey / curated by Barbara A. Shailor, Leonard Hansen, Michael Joseph ; edited by Paul Needham and Michael Joseph.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives.
- Incunabula--Exhibitions.
- Incunabula.
- Printing--History--Exhibitions.
- Printing.
- History.
- Rutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives--Exhibitions.
- Rutgers University.
- Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 95 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Libraries, 1999.
- Summary:
- Adventure and Art: The First Hundred Years of Printing, was published by the Rutgers University Libraries to accompany an exhibition of books published during the first century of printing, a transitional time of great innovation and accomplishment. Detailed descriptions of Rutgers' rare books and incunabula, some not held by any other North American library, are presented along with photographs of nearly thirty of the collection's most exquisite pieces. Readers who are new to the world of rare books will discover the extraordinary beauty and craftmanship of these fifteenth- and sixteenth-century pieces, and develop an understanding of the cultural transformations wronght by the emergence and refinement of the art of printing.
- Contents:
- Rutgers Special Collections and Its Rare Books / Robert G. Sewell 7
- Adventure and Art / Barbara A. Shailor 9
- Catalog to the Exhibition
- Library Gallery / Paul Needham, Michael Joseph 25
- Gallery '50 / Paul Needham, Michael Joseph 69
- Art Library / Sara Harrington, Michael Joseph 84
- Rare Times with Rare Books / Leonard Hansen 91.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-94).
- ISBN:
- 0813527279
- OCLC:
- 41645677
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