Riches of the Rylands : the special collections of the University of Manchester Library /

Riches of the Rylands : the special collections of the University of Manchester Library /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Description:	ix, 308 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	John Rylands University Library of Manchester -- History. John Rylands University Library of Manchester. Academic libraries -- England -- Manchester. Library resources -- England -- Manchester. Rare books -- England -- Cambridge -- Bibliography. Manuscripts -- England -- Cambridge -- Catalogs. Academic libraries. England -- Manchester.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10360904

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Other authors / contributors:	Beckett, Rachel, editor.
ISBN:	9780719096358 0719096359
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
1. Beyond books: from papyrus to pixels
2. Through painted windows: the art of illumination
3. First impressions: the early years of European printing
4. Master binders and their craft
5. 'A definite claim to beauty': the private presses
6. Envisioning space: maps and atlases
7. 'Lively oracles of God': The Bible from antiquity to modernity
8. 'So many paths': religious traditions across the world
9. 'On the shoulders of giants': science, technology and medicine
10. 'Between the covers': a literary miscellany
11. Illustrated imaginative children's literature
12. Power, politics and propaganda: the story of Britain from 1215
13. Manchester: local connections
Index