Courtiers and cannibals, angels and amazons : the art of the decorative cartographic titlepage / Rodney Shirley.

  • Shirley, Rodney W.
Date:
[2009], ©2009
  • Books

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Description

Titlepages and frontispieces have been recognized as a fascinating decorative genre in their own right. Rodney Shirley illustrates 100 of the most important decorative titlepages and frontispieces, dating from the 15th to the late 19th centuries.

Publication/Creation

Houten, Netherlands : Hes & De Graaf, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-265) and index.

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    Folios
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ISBN

  • 9789061940609
  • 9061940605