French Book Arts Manuscripts, Books, Bindings, Prints, and Documents, 12Th-21St Century

Celebrating a thousand years of French Book Arts, this catalogue's 159 entries are scrupulously annotated and contextualized by the award-winning scholar and curator H. George Fletcher. Drawn from the Grolier Club's permanent collections, and representing artifacts from the libraries of such important figures as Madame Pompadour, Marie Antoinette, Count Hoym, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, and Adolf Hitler, the items make up a treasure trove-from a magnificent twelfth-century manuscript of Gregory the Great's commentary on Job to recent artists' books and designer book bindings. Highlights include manuscript and printed illuminated Books of Hours, early printed books, bindings from seven centuries, a letter from Jefferson to his Parisian bookseller, portrait prints of the great and the good, commemorative medals, and documents.

ISBN:	9781605830681
Publisher:	The Grolier Club
Imprint:	The Grolier Club
Published date:	19 Jul 2022
DEWEY:	002.0944
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	208
Weight:	10g
Height:	279mm
Width:	216mm
Spine width:	28mm

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