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The Title Page : Its Early Development 1460-1510

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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.

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Product Details
0712346872 / 9780712346870
Hardback
15/11/2000
United Kingdom
176 pages, 40 b&w illustrations
172 x 244 mm
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