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Why does a book look and feel the way it does? What can it tell us
about the circumstances of its creation? This is a fascinating
exploration of the development of book design through some of the
most treasured volumes in the British Library collections.
Carefully selected by the Library’s curatorial teams and
beautifully illustrated with striking new studio photography
alongside images from specially digitised collections, The Book by
Design includes: The Lindisfarne Gospels • The Diamond Sutra of
868 The Arnstein Bible • The Golden Haggadah The Queen Mary
Psalter • The Mainz Psalter of 1457 Hypnerotomachia Poliphili •
Akbar’s Khamsah of Nizami The Shakespeare First Folio • Tale of
Genji • A Qur’an from Aceh • The Grammar of Ornament • The
Buddha’s Last Birth Tale • Audubon’s The Birds of America •
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Flowing between these major chapters
are features covering unusual book formats, interesting bindings
and materials, as well as particular design elements and trends
from different periods and cultures. This structure brings together
works of historical importance and modern innovation to create a
volume that will delight bibliophiles and anyone passionate about
book design and production.
This remarkable and beautiful book brings together a collection of
decorated papers dating from the 16th to the 20th century. They
were produced for a wide variety of uses: as wrappers and endpapers
for books, as the backing for playing cards, and even as linings
for chests and cases. Some decorated papers were used as humble
pictures for display in churches and the home; some were sold as
souvenirs to pilgrims; and others were used merely as wrappings for
foodstuffs such as gingerbread and chocolate. What unites all the
papers in the book is the richness of their ornamentation and the
thin, flexible characteristics of the original sheets. They are all
further united by having been collected by Olga Hirsch (1889-1968),
a trained bookbinder who left her collection of some 3,500 papers
to the British Library, where they remain one of the largest and
most diverse collections of decorated papers in the world. This
anthology brings together some of the most exquisite examples. It
will delight and inspire designers, bibliophiles and anyone with a
love of pattern and decoration.
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