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Excerpt from Italian Book-Illustrations and Early Printing: A Catalogue of Early Italian Books in the Library of C. W. Dyson Perrins
A simple chronological arrangement1 carries with it one great advantage which any subdivision obscures, that of giving a conspectus of the general order of development, as it progressed year by year, and of the in?uence which one book or style exercised on another: witness the strong Venetian in?uence shown in the little woodcuts of the Ferrara edition of the Letters of S. Jerome, and on the other hand the strong Florentine in?uence which appears at Venice in some, of the cheap illus trated books, more especially those issued by the firm of Sessa about the end of the century. For the present catalogue there is a further advantage in a chronological arrangement in its obviating the necessity for special headings to take in the few early books which are included in the, collection purely as specimens of printing, and also some works of independent interest, notably the series of Arithmetics which, even when incidentally illustrated, have really a subject rather than a chronological, importance. With these also must be reckoned a few later unillustrated books, of small typographical merit, including several Savonarola tracts, which are bound with illustrated books and are here registered chie?y for the sake of completeness.
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A simple chronological arrangement1 carries with it one great advantage which any subdivision obscures, that of giving a conspectus of the general order of development, as it progressed year by year, and of the in?uence which one book or style exercised on another: witness the strong Venetian in?uence shown in the little woodcuts of the Ferrara edition of the Letters of S. Jerome, and on the other hand the strong Florentine in?uence which appears at Venice in some, of the cheap illus trated books, more especially those issued by the firm of Sessa about the end of the century. For the present catalogue there is a further advantage in a chronological arrangement in its obviating the necessity for special headings to take in the few early books which are included in the, collection purely as specimens of printing, and also some works of independent interest, notably the series of Arithmetics which, even when incidentally illustrated, have really a subject rather than a chronological, importance. With these also must be reckoned a few later unillustrated books, of small typographical merit, including several Savonarola tracts, which are bound with illustrated books and are here registered chie?y for the sake of completeness.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Charles William Dyson Perrins
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780266923138
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 297
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ISBN - 9781528511049
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 299
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