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Celebrating a thousand years of French Book Arts, this catalogue’s 159 entries are scrupulously annotated and contextualized by the award-winning scholar and curator H. George Fletcher. Drawn from the Grolier Club’s permanent collections, and representing artifacts from the libraries of such important figures as Madame Pompadour, Marie Antoinette, Count Hoym, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, and Adolf Hitler, the items make up a treasure trove—from a magnificent twelfth-century manuscript of Gregory the Great's commentary on Job to recent artists' books and designer book bindings. Highlights include manuscript and printed illuminated Books of Hours, early printed books, bindings from seven centuries, a letter from Jefferson to his Parisian bookseller, portrait prints of the great and the good, commemorative medals, and documents.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
I. Manuscripts
II. Incunabula
III. 16th Century
IV. Jean Grolier
V. 17th Century
VI. 18th Century
VII. 19th Century
VIII. 20th Century
IX. 21st Century
X. Medallions, Trade Cards, and Statuary
XI. Prints
Bibliography
Index

French Book Arts – Manuscripts, Books, Bindings,

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      Publisher Grolier Club of New York
      Published 15 July 2018
      ISBN-13 9781605830681
      978-1605830681
      ISBN-10 1605830682
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      Book design and Bookbinding Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Home & Garden Books, manuscripts, ephemera and printed matter

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Celebrating a thousand years of French Book Arts, this catalogue’s 159 entries are scrupulously annotated and contextualized by the award-winning scholar and curator H. George Fletcher. Drawn from the Grolier Club’s permanent collections, and representing artifacts from the libraries of such important figures as Madame Pompadour, Marie Antoinette, Count Hoym, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, and Adolf Hitler, the items make up a treasure trove—from a magnificent twelfth-century manuscript of Gregory the Great's commentary on Job to recent artists' books and designer book bindings. Highlights include manuscript and printed illuminated Books of Hours, early printed books, bindings from seven centuries, a letter from Jefferson to his Parisian bookseller, portrait prints of the great and the good, commemorative medals, and documents.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword
      Introduction
      I. Manuscripts
      II. Incunabula
      III. 16th Century
      IV. Jean Grolier
      V. 17th Century
      VI. 18th Century
      VII. 19th Century
      VIII. 20th Century
      IX. 21st Century
      X. Medallions, Trade Cards, and Statuary
      XI. Prints
      Bibliography
      Index

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