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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRiches of the Rylands is a sumptuous production, even by the high standards of the usual glossy coffee-table treasures volume. It features over 140 lavishly illustrated items, described briefly by eighty contributors, in thirteen sections. -- .
Table of ContentsForeword – Jan Wilkinson
Introduction – John R. Hodgson
1. Beyond books: from papyrus to pixels – Stella K. Halkyard
2. Through painted windows: the art of illumination – John R. Hodgson
3. First impressions: the early years of European printing – Julianne Simpson
4. Master binders and their craft – Caroline Checkley-Scott and John R. Hodgson
5. ‘A definite claim to beauty’: the private presses – John R. Hodgson
6. Envisioning space: maps and atlases – Donna M. Sherman
7. ‘Lively oracles of God’: The Bible from antiquity to modernity – Elizabeth Gow
8. ‘So many paths’: religious traditions across the world – Elizabeth Gow
9. ‘On the shoulders of giants’: science, technology and medicine – James N. Peters, Julianne Simpson and Janet L. Wallwork
10. ‘Between the covers’: a literary miscellany – Fran Baker
11. Illustrated imaginative children’s literature – Ian Rogerson
12. Power, politics and propaganda: the story of Britain from 1215 – Dorothy J. Clayton
13. Manchester: local connections – Julie Ramwell
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