Drawings for Book Illustration: The Hofer Collection

By David P. Becker

Taking as its scope the full breadth of printed book illustration from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, Drawings for Book Illustration documents the influence exerted by such artists as Peter Paul Rubens, Eugene Delacroix, and Alexander Calder on both the aesthetics of the book and the technologies of the press. With thorough descriptions of the lives and works of the artists, and illustrated with rich duotone renderings of preliminary sketches and printed designs, Becker's catalogue is a handy guide to the history of this fundamental aspect of the graphic arts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914630245
• ISBN13: 9780914630241
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 9.8"