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Mirjam Foot

Autor(a) de Pictorial Bookbindings

13+ Works 222 Membros 3 Reviews

About the Author

Mirjam M. Foot is Professor of Library and Archive Studies at University College London.

Inclui os nomes: Mirjam J. Foot, Mirjam M. Foot

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Obras de Mirjam Foot

Associated Works

Antiquaries, Book Collectors, and the Circles of Learning (1996) — Contribuinte — 10 cópias
Publishing the Fine and Applied Arts, 1500-2000 (2012) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
Economics of the British Booktrade, 1605-1939 (1985) — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Memories of Sue Allen — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Bibliophily (1986) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
The book collector, Winter 2011 (2011) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
The book collector, vol. 27, no. 2, Summer 1978 (1978) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
The book collector, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter 1978 (1978) — Contribuinte; Reviewer — 1 exemplar(es)

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The catalog from a 1976 British Library exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of printing in England. Full of useful information and background about Caxton and his career.
 
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JBD1 | Feb 3, 2024 |
A well-argued case showing "how bookbindings, in all their variety, reflect the societies in - and the social classes for - which they are made, so that the study of bookbinding history is no mean tributary, but part of the mainstream of social history" (p. 1). Some excellent examples, both illustrated and discussed in the text of Foot's Panizzi lectures.
 
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JBD1 | Jul 4, 2013 |
This book contains Howard M. Nixon's Lyell Lectures, as amended and prepared for publication by Mirjam M. Foot. The lectures cover the history of decorated bookbindings in England, with a rather marked emphasis on earlier periods rather than later. Written with much detail and also with a delightfully dry wit which results in more than a few thoroughly amusing lines. While it would have been excellent to see all the images in color, such a large selection of them, even in black and white, is most welcome.… (mais)
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JBD1 | Jun 11, 2013 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
13
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10
Membros
222
Popularidade
#100,929
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Resenhas
3
ISBNs
23
Idiomas
1

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