The title-page, its early development, 1460-1510 / Margaret M. Smith.

Main entry:

Smith, Margaret M. (Margaret McFadden), 1944-

Title & Author:

The title-page, its early development, 1460-1510 / Margaret M. Smith.

Publication:

London : British Library ; New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2000.

Description:

159 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-154) and indexes.
The role of mass production -- The manuscript incipit, colophon and occasionally title page -- Three famous examples of early title pages -- The blank at the beginning of the book -- The label-title and the end-title -- The label-title is joined by a woodcut -- The growth of information on the title page -- The woodcut title page -- Borders move to the title page.

Summary:

"The late medieval manuscript's opening page was often magnificent in its ornamentation, but this method of announcing a text was not to provide the model for the printed book. Printing in the West involved mass production from its inception. The logistics which such production necessitated, Margaret M. Smith argues, lie behind the opportunity for a new way to open a book - a page devoted to its title and, not coincidentally, to its producer. Several stages of the title page's development are described in detail here, with illustrations from the collections of the British Library: the blank page, the label-title, the label-title-plus-woodcut and/or printer's mark, and the decorative border."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0712346872 (The British Library)
9780712346870 (The British Library)
1584560339 (Oak Knoll Press)
9781584560333 (Oak Knoll Press)

Subject:

British Library Catalogues.
Title pages History To 1500.
Title pages History 16th century.
Book design History To 1500.
Book design History 16th century.
Makeup (Printing) History To 1500.
Makeup (Printing) History 16th century.
Pages de titre Histoire Jusqu'à 1500.
Pages de titre Histoire 16e siècle.
Mise en pages Histoire Jusqu'à 1500.
Mise en pages Histoire 16e siècle.
Livres Conception graphique Histoire 16e siècle.
Makeup (Printing)
Book design
Title pages
Titelblatt
Titelpagina's.
Incunabelen.
Pages de titre 16e siècle.
Livres Mise en pages Histoire.
Pages de titre Jusqu'à 1500.
Geschichte 1460-1510.
Printing. History
Title Pages
Incunabula

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 214211
Call No.: Z242.T6 S6 2000
Status: Available

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