Extending the Book - The Art of Extra-Illustration (Paperback)

Extending the Book introduces the largely-forgotten art of extra-illustration -- individually adding portraits or other illustrations to published books -- and explores what this personalized form of book design reveals about the history of reading.--It includes a brief introduction to the concept of designing and creating a unique book by adding external material and an overview of the phenomenon's history and its heyday in the later eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The works of Shakespeare -- the most popular single author for extra-illustration -- exemplify the practice as it changed over time.--From the beginning, extra-illustrators had to defend the "exquisite handicraft" (in the words of an 1890 proponent) against accusations of "breaking up a good book to illustrate a worse one" (in the words of an 1892 critic). This book examines the art and the practice of extra-illustration, from crudely altered books to beautiful new creations.-

General

Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2010
First published:	March 2010
Authors:	Erin C. Blake • Stuart Sillars
Dimensions:	298 x 203 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	40
ISBN-13:	978-0-295-99023-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > Illustration Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-295-99023-6
Barcode:	9780295990231

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