The Book by Design

P.J.M Marks is a curator of bookbindings at the British Library. Stephen Parkin is a curator of the British Library’s printed heritage collections, 1450–1600.
 

The Contributors
Introduction
 
I. THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS, by Eleanor Jackson
Feature: ETHIOPIA, AFRICAN SCRIBES AND THE ILLUSTRATED APOCALYPSE, by Eyob Derillo
II. THE DIAMOND SUTRA PRINTED IN 868, by Mélodie Doumy
Feature: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PAPER, by Lucy Vinten
III. THE ARNSTEIN BIBLE, by Kathleen Doyle
Feature: KING HENRY VIII’S COPY OF THE ‘GREAT BIBLE,’ by Karen Limper-Herz
IV. THE GOLDEN HAGGADAH, by Ilana Tahan
V. THE QUEEN MARY PSALTER, by Kathleen Doyle
Feature: THE HARMONIES OF LITTLE GIDDING, by Felicity Myrone
VI. THE MAINZ PSALTER OF 1457, by Adrian S. Edwards
VII. HYPNEROTOMACHIA POLIPHILI, by Stephen Parkin
Feature: BODONI’S MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO AND HIS FOLLOWERS, by Valentina Mirabella
VIII. AKBAR’S KHAMSAH OF NIZAMI, by Ursula Sims-Williams
IX. THE SHAKESPEARE FIRST FOLIO OF 1623, by Adrian S. Edwards
Feature: THE TITLE PAGE AND OTHER PARATEXTS, by Stephen Parkin
X. EXCERPTS FROM THE TALE OF GENJI, by Hamish Todd
Feature: A MODERN MESOAMERICAN CODEX, by Mercedes Aguirre
XI. WILLIAM LEIGHTON’S THE TEARES OR LAMENTACIONS OF A SORROWFULL SOULE, by James Ritzema and Christopher Scobie
Feature: THE DESIGN OF HUMAN ATLASES, by Sophie Defrance
XII. A DESCRIPTION OF THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS, by Lucy Evans
Feature: MINIATURE BOOKS: THEIR CHARM AND PURPOSE by Helen Peden and Annalisa Ricciardi
XIII. A QUR’AN FROM ACEH, by Annabel Teh Gallop
XIV. OWEN JONES’S THE GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT, by Edmund M. B. King
Feature: AMERICAN PUBLISHERS’ BINDINGS, NINETEENTH CENTURY, by Edmund M. B. King
XV. THE BUDDHA’S LAST BIRTH TALE, by Jana Igunma
Feature: A MATERIAL IDENTITY IN OCEANIA BOOK DESIGN, by Lucy Rowland
XVI. AUDUBON’S THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, by Felicity Myrone
Feature: ‘AN ERROR OF TASTE’: SMITHERS, BEARDSLEY AND THE SAVOY, by Alex Kither
XVII. THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER, by Helen Peden
Feature: TWENTIETH-CENTURY TYPEFACES, by Philip Parker
XVIII. SADOK SUDEI AND OTHER FUTURIST BOOKS FROM RUSSIA, by Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia
Feature: CARTONERA BOOKS AND PUBLISHERS, by Iris Bachmann and Annalisa Ricciardi
XIX. CENTURY, by Philip Parker
Feature: PENGUIN BOOKS AND THE PAPERBACK REVOLUTION, by Philip Parker
XX. SEA AIR, by Jeremy Jenkins
Feature: WOMEN PUBLISHERS AND DESIGNERS, by Alexandra Pringle
XXI. EDITIONS AT PLAY, by Giulia Carla Rossi
Feature: BOOK DESIGN AS AN AGENT OF CONSERVATION, by Katie McElvanney
Epilogue
 
Glossary
Notes
Further Reading
Index
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