Comely Frontispiece - The Emblematic Title-Page in England 15501660

Many of the major books published in the years between 1550 and 1660 - one of the richest periods in English culture - were embellished with an elaborate engraved title-page. The Comely Frontispiece (1979) selects twenty such title-pages which represent the different branches of learning - theology, philosophy, history, poetry, medicine - and explains that these pages were not mere ornaments but visual epitomes in the emblematic mode of significant aspects of the book. They were designed by the author and explore the whole world of Renaissance emblematic imagery on which they drew. We see how famous figures used the engraved title-page to express the ideas they had in mind when their books were conceived and written - ideas about the Church and society, philosophy and manners, poetry and drama, science and medicine - so that it affords us an exceptional insight into what they themselves considered was important or attractive in their own creations.

Product details

• Authors: Margery Corbett, Margery Lightbown Corbett, Corbett Margery, R.W. Lightbown, Lightbown R.W.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.05.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781041008712
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4100871-2
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, European History, The arts: general issues, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Social & cultural history, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Industrial / commercial art & design, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Graphical & digital media applications, Book design and Bookbinding, Art forms, Early 17th century c 1600 to c 1650, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Graphical and digital media applications, The Arts: art forms, Later 16th century c 1550 to c 1599, The arts: general topics