History of the Book

Title......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Preface......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
Egyptian Papyrus Rolls......Page 7
Early Chinese Books......Page 11
Cuneiform Tablets of the Near East......Page 13
Greek Papyrus Rolls. The Alexandrian Library......Page 17
The Library at Pergamum......Page 22
The Roll Superseded by the Codex......Page 24
Invention of Paper in China......Page 31
Early Monastery and Church Libraries......Page 36
Byzantine Libraries......Page 37
Arabic Interest in Greek Literature......Page 38
Libraries of the Roman Church......Page 40
Books among the Benedictine and the Irish Monks......Page 41
Evolution of Book Script......Page 43
Manuscript Decoration......Page 46
Charlemagne’s Attempt at Centralization......Page 52
Manuscripts and Monastery Libraries in Scandinavia......Page 55
Early Medieval Book Binding......Page 59
Leather Bindings......Page 61
Libraries of the New Monastic Orders. The Rise of Universities......Page 63
Private Book Collections of the Middle Class......Page 66
Royal Book Collections......Page 70
Decline of Monastic Culture......Page 73
Dawn of the Renaissance......Page 75
The Medici and their Circle......Page 78
End of the Middle Ages......Page 82
Printing with Movable Type in China and Europe......Page 84
Gutenberg Invents Type Casting......Page 85
Spread of the Art of Printing......Page 88
The First Printed Books......Page 91
The Earliest Illustrated Books......Page 96
Development of Printing in Italy......Page 99
Development of Printing in Other Countries......Page 102
Economic Circumstances of the Early Book Printers......Page 108
The Study of Early Printed Books (Incunabula)......Page 110
Panel-stamped Bindings......Page 111
Oriental Book-making and its Influence in Italy......Page 114
Aldus Manutius Introduces Italic Type......Page 116
Grolier and his Contemporaries......Page 121
German Wood-Cut Illustrations......Page 127
The Emperor Maximilian’s Books......Page 131
Books of the Reformation Period......Page 134
Destruction of Monastery Libraries......Page 135
Book Printing and Binding in Denmark during the Reformation......Page 139
Roller-stamped Bindings......Page 141
Jakob Krause Bindings......Page 142
French Renaissance Book Making......Page 144
Plantin. Final Flowering of German Wood-cut Art......Page 151
Introduction of Copper Engraving......Page 154
Ascendancy of Copper-Plate Engraving......Page 158
Baroque Style in Book Arts......Page 159
The Elzevirs. The Blaeu Family......Page 160
French Book Collectors......Page 165
Library Architecture......Page 167
Ordinary Book Binding......Page 168
The Thirty Years’ War......Page 173
The Age of the Polyhistors......Page 176
Danish Book-Binding and Printing......Page 177
Rococo Vignette Art......Page 180
French Bibliophiles......Page 185
Lace Patterns in Book-Binding......Page 187
English Book Collectors......Page 190
Books in Germany......Page 191
Book-making in Denmark......Page 194
Danish Book Collectors and Libraries......Page 199
Swedish and Norwegian Collectors......Page 201
Neo-classicism in Book Arts......Page 203
The Effect of the French Revolution......Page 208
The 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century......Page 211
Steel Engravings. Revival of Wood-cuts. Lithography......Page 213
Historical Trends in Book Collecting......Page 216
Technological Advances in Book Making......Page 220
Reaction against Technology......Page 221
Renaissance of Scandinavian Book Craft......Page 225
Expansion of the Book Trade......Page 226
Growth of Libraries......Page 231
English, American and Scandinavian Public Libraries......Page 234
Book Production and Book Arts......Page 240
Libraries......Page 259
Books and the History of Books in General......Page 269
Papyrus and Paper......Page 270
Writing, Manuscripts and Illumination......Page 271
The Art of Printing and Book-Making......Page 272
Book Illustration......Page 274
Book-Binding......Page 276
The Book Trade......Page 277
Libraries and Librarianship, Book-Collecting and Exlibris......Page 278