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Title: Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic world by Jonathan M. Bloom ISBN: 0-300-08955-4 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Vast, Illuminating History
Comment: Paper Before Print is a glorious achievement from all perspectives: historically, culturally, and as an impeccable model of how books of this sort should be presented (though too often they do not). Jonathan Bloom's text is revealing and intellectually stimulating without alienating the average reader. His premise, though not a popular one -- that the Middle East played a far more important role in refining and introducing paper to the West than is usually acknowledged -- carefully unfolds with unassailable research and arguments. The illustrations, mostly early Islamic texts (700s-1300s), are tastefully selected and compliment the text perfectly. The typography, layout, and presentation are superb. Anyone interested in history, art, and printing will profit from having this book on their shelves.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great
Comment: This book was absolutely great. It tells the history of paper before it reached the Christian world. This is the time before the printing press was invented. Paper had just come from China. This book tells about this time that is sometimes forgotten. This book is the best
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Title: The Book Before Printing : Ancient, Medieval and Oriental by David Diringer ISBN: 0486242439 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 March, 1982 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Painting for the Mughal Emperor: The Art of the Book 1560-1660 by Susan Stronge ISBN: 0810965968 Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing 1450-1800 (Verso Classics, 10) by Lucien Febvre, Henri-Jean Martin, David Gerard ISBN: 1859841082 Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Mostly Miniatures : An Introduction to Persian Painting by Oleg Grabar ISBN: 0691049998 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 26 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Peerless Images: Persian Painting and Its Sources by Boris, I. Marshak, Ernst J. Grube, Eleanor G. Sims ISBN: 0300090382 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
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