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Beschreibung
The Book of Kells (said to be the most beautiful book in the world), Leicester Codex (the most expensive book by Leonardo da Vinci), Decorative Scripture in Middle Ages, Gift Books in late 19th century, Design Books in the era of Art Nouveau & Art Deco, Penguin Book Covers...
This is a complete collection of over 100 'Beautiful Books' in the world, printed with high-quality.
Although the body text is in Japanese, the title of each book appears in its original language, and the complete book list including the year of publication, country, and the owner is written in English.
A treasured book for book lovers, printings, and those who love classic culture in the West.

Following libraries and museum have the books introduced in this book.

Pierpont Morgan Library New York,
Library of Congress, Washington DC,
New York Public Library New York,
Museum of Fine Arts Boston,
The Wolfsonian FIU Library Florida,
The Book of Kells (said to be the most beautiful book in the world), Leicester Codex (the most expensive book by Leonardo da Vinci), Decorative Scripture in Middle Ages, Gift Books in late 19th century, Design Books in the era of Art Nouveau & Art Deco, Penguin Book Covers...
This is a complete collection of over 100 'Beautiful Books' in the world, printed with high-quality.
Although the body text is in Japanese, the title of each book appears in its original language, and the complete book list including the year of publication, country, and the owner is written in English.
A treasured book for book lovers, printings, and those who love classic culture in the West.

Following libraries and museum have the books introduced in this book.

Pierpont Morgan Library New York,
Library of Congress, Washington DC,
New York Public Library New York,
Museum of Fine Arts Boston,
The Wolfsonian FIU Library Florida,
Über den Autor
Hiroshi Unno : Born in Tokyo, Japan, a writer specialized in art, film, music, city theory and novel.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The wonderful world of the beautiful books...4

Chapter 1 The history of the beautiful books...11

The medieval period ---Illuminated manuscripts...13
Book of Kells / around 800, Scotland
The dawn of the printed book...77
Gutenberg 42-Line Bible / around1455, Germany
The 17th and 18th centuries...89
Songs of Innocence and of Experience / Author: William Brake, 1794, England
The 19th century...107
The Grammar of Ornament / Author: Owen Jones, 1856, England
Late 19th century...125
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer / 1896, England
The 20th century...200
Vogue / November 1913, America
Jazz / Author: Henri Matisse, 1947, France

Chapter 2 Searching for flower gardens of ornaments and ideal type characters...201

Beautiful flowers...202
Les Roses / Illustrator: Pierre-Joseph Redoute, 1817-1824, France
Beautiful typography...248
Fleuron, Vol.6, On decorative Printing in America / 1928,England
The time Machine / 1931, America

List of books...305
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Fotografie
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9784756247049
ISBN-10: 4756247040
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Unno, Hiroshi
Hersteller: PIE Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 256 x 190 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Hiroshi Unno
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.05.2016
Gewicht: 0,832 kg
Artikel-ID: 103804331

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