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Informationen zum Autor Hiroshi Unno : Born in Tokyo, Japan, a writer specialized in art, film, music, city theory and novel. Klappentext The Book of Kells (said to be the most beautiful book in the world), Leicester Codex (the most expensive book by Leonardo da Vinci), Decorative Scripture in Middle Ages, Gift Books in late 19th century, Design Books in the era of Art Nouveau & Art Deco, Penguin Book Covers... This is a complete collection of over 100 'Beautiful Books' in the world, printed with high-quality. Although the body text is in Japanese, the title of each book appears in its original language, and the complete book list including the year of publication, country, and the owner is written in English. A treasured book for book lovers, printings, and those who love classic culture in the West. Following libraries and museum have the books introduced in this book. Pierpont Morgan Library New York, Library of Congress, Washington DC, New York Public Library New York, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Wolfsonian FIU Library Florida, Inhaltsverzeichnis The wonderful world of the beautiful books...4 Chapter 1 The history of the beautiful books...11 The medieval period ---Illuminated manuscripts...13 Book of Kells / around 800, Scotland The dawn of the printed book...77 Gutenberg 42-Line Bible / around1455, Germany The 17th and 18th centuries...89 Songs of Innocence and of Experience / Author: William Brake, 1794, England The 19th century...107 The Grammar of Ornament / Author: Owen Jones, 1856, England Late 19th century...125 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer / 1896, England The 20th century...200 Vogue / November 1913, America Jazz / Author: Henri Matisse, 1947, France Chapter 2 Searching for flower gardens of ornaments and ideal type characters...201 Beautiful flowers...202 Les Roses / Illustrator: Pierre-Joseph Redoute, 1817-1824, France Beautiful typography...248 Fleuron, Vol.6, On decorative Printing in America / 1928,England The time Machine / 1931, America List of books...305...
