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The title-page, its early development, 1460-1510 / Margaret M. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Margaret M. (Margaret McFadden), 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Title pages--History--To 1500.
- Title pages.
- Title pages--History--16th century.
- Book design--History--To 1500.
- Book design.
- Book design--History--16th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London : British Library : Oak Knoll Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The late medieval manuscript's opening page was often magnificent in its ornamentation, but the logistics of book printing demanded a new development - the inclusion of a page devoted to its title. Several stages of the title-page's development are described in detail here, with illustrations from the British Library: the blank page; the label-title; the label-title-plus-woodcut and/or printer's mark; and the decorative border.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- The role of Mass production
- CHAPTER ONE The manuscript incipit, colophon and occasionally title-page
- CHAPTER TWO Three famous examples of early title-pages
- CHAPTER THREE The blank at the beginning of the book
- CHAPTER FOUR The label-title and the end-title
- CHAPTER FIVE The label-title is joined by a woodcut
- CHAPTER SIX The growth of information on the title-page
- CHAPTER SEVEN The woodcut title-page
- CHAPTER EIGHT Borders move to the title-page
- CHAPTER NINE Conclusions
- Glossary
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-154) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7123-6372-6
- OCLC:
- 700336649
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