Disbound and dispersed
the leaf book considered
by Christopher De Hamel
"Disbound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book Considered is the first book to examine the fascinating history of the leaf book. A nineteenth-century development, a leaf book contains an original leaf from a manuscript or significant printed volume that has been complemented with an essay or other explanatory material relating to the leaf's origins. The resulting book is often a fine press publication, with an elaborate binding or case. While this practice allows collectors to study and enjoy at least a fragment of an historic manuscript or book that they could never hope to own otherwise, the experience often comes at the price of destroying and dispersing an historic manuscript or book that was intact, or only somewhat incomplete."--Jacket.
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Disbound and dispersed: the leaf book considered
2005, Caxton Club, The Caxton Club
in English
1584561610 9781584561613
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Disbound and dispersed: the leaf book considered
2005, The Caxton Club
in English
0940550113 9780940550117
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Disbound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book Considered
April 2005, Oak Knoll Press
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in English
1584561610 9781584561613
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Catalog of an exhibition organized by The Caxton Club. Venues: The Newberry Library, Chicago, Apr. 16-July 16, 2005; The San Francisco Public Library, Nov. 5-Dec. 31, 2005; Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 18-Mar. 19, 2006; The Lilly Library, Bloomington, Indiana University, Apr. 3-May 26, 2006.
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