Adventure and art : the first one hundred years of printing : an exhibition of books, woodcuts, and illustrated leaves printed between 1455 and 1555 /

Adventure and art : the first one hundred years of printing : an exhibition of books, woodcuts, and illustrated leaves printed between 1455 and 1555 /

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Imprint:New Brusnwick, NJ : Rutgers University Library, 1999.
Description:95 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents.
Incunabula.
Incunabula.
Printing -- Origin and antecedents.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3906733
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Other authors / contributors:Needham, Paul, 1943-
Joseph, Michael.
Shailor, Barbara A.
Hansen, Leonard.
Sewell, Robert G.
ISBN:0813527279
9780813527277
Notes:"With contributions by Barbara A. Shailor, Leonard Hansen, and Robert G. Sewell."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-94).
Summary:"Adventure and Art: The First Hundred Years of Printing, was published by the Rutgers University Libraries to accompany an exhibition of books published during the first century of printing, a transitional time of great innovation and accomplishment. Detailed descriptions of Rutgers' rare books and incunabula, some not held by any other North American library, are presented along with photographs of nearly thirty of the collection's most exquisite pieces. Readers who are new to the world of rare books will discover the extraordinary beauty and craftsmanship of these fifteenth- and sixteenth-century pieces, and develop an understanding of the cultural transformations wrought by the emergence and refinement of the art of printing."--BOOK JACKET.

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