The painted book in Renaissance Italy: 1450-1600 / Jonathan J.G. Alexander
2016, 1st Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #340223
Physical description: xi, 444 pages: illustrations, map; 30 cm. Contents: Tuscany: the fifteenth century -- Central and south Italy: the fifteenth century -- North-east Italy: the fifteenth century -- North-west Italy: the fifteenth century -- The sixteenth century -- The illumination by hand of early printed books in Italy -- Book illuminators and their patrons -- Texts and their illumination -- Book illumination and the other arts -- Italy and the rest of Europe: conclusion. Subjects: John Rylands Library Manuscript Hebrew 8. John Rylands Library Manuscript Latin 14. John Rylands Library Manuscript Latin 37. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian 15th century. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian 16th century. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance Italy. Illustration of books. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €65.00