The history of the illustrated book : the Western tradition / John Harthan

London : Thames and Hudson, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 288 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index. Contentss; Manuscripts to sixteenth century: The ancient world; Byzantine illustration; Carolingian and Ottonian illustration; Romanesque illustration; The early Gothic; The later Gothic; Hebrew illustration; Renaissance manuscripts -- The birth of printing fifteenth century: Germany; The Netherlands and England; France; Italy; Spain; Theme-Fables -- The Renaissance sixteenth century: Italy-humanism; Germany-Durer; France; Germany-Durer's successors; The Netherlands; Italy-Mannerism; Themes-Ariosto and Tasso; Emblem books -- The Baroque seventeenth century: France; The Netherlands; England; Italy; Spain; Germany; Theses-Courtly o ccasions, martial arts, garden books -- The Rococo eighteenth century: France and Germany; Theme-Rococo galanterie; France and Germany; England; Italy and Spain; North America; Themes -- Ariosto and Tasso; Song books -- Romanticism and the mass market 1800-1880: Romanticism; THeme-German ROmanticism; Romanticism; Caricature and realism; Literature and anecdote -- THe book beautiful-and after 1880-1980: The private press movement; THe genteel book; American illustration; Illustration in France; Expressionist book illustration; Theme-Maldoror; Surrealism and Art Deco; England betwee the wars; American illustration from 1920- ; Illustration since mid-century -- A note on techniques. Subjects; D�rer, Albrecht 1471-1528. Illustrated books History. Illustrated books. Illustration of books Themes, motives. Illustration of books History. Illustration history. Printing History. Art, Renaissance. Art, Baroque. Art, Rococo. Romanticism. American illustration. DESIGN. GRAPHIC. DESIGN. ILLUSTRATION. BOOK ILLUSTRATION. Western illustrations Illustrations for books to 1980.