The Mind of the Book: Pictorial Title-Pages

by Alastair Fowler

Alastair Fowler presents a fascinating study of title pages printed in England from the early modern period to the nineteenth century. He examines pictorial title pages in the context of the history of the book for the first time. The first part of The Mind of the Book explores the forerunner of the frontispiece in late antiquity, the use of frames and borders in title pages, portraits, printers' devices, emblematic title pages of the sixteenth and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198717660
• ISBN13: 9780198717669
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"