Dear ARLIS Member,
The "first major study in over 100 years" of the title page in books
is being published by Oak Knoll Press and The British Library.
This work is entitled ...
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THE TITLE PAGE
It’s Early Development
1460-1510
by Margaret M. Smith
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The late medieval manuscript’s opening page was often ornamentally
magnificent; however, this approach of announcing a text was not to be the
title-page model for the printed book. The introduction of the printing
press created the opportunity for a new way to open a book - a page devoted
to its title and its producer. Several stages of the title-page’s
development are described in detail here, with illustrations from The
British Library: the blank page, the label-title, the
label-title-plus-woodcut and/or printer’s mark, and the decorative border.
By about 1510, when the provision of a title-page had become the norm,
purposely planned borders were starting to be designed. By then the
title-page had taken on a marketing role. Speculative production of books
represented a departure from earlier practice and for book design, hence,
the development of the title-page was the most dramatic consequence of this
departure.
This is the first book dealing with the early development of the title-page
since A.W. Pollard’s Last Words on the subject, published in1891.
Co-published with The British Library.
Jan. 2001, hardcover, 7 x 10 inches, 176 pages, illust.
ISBN 1-58456-033-9 / Order No. 60866-EM - Price $39.95
Sales rights: North & South America, elsewhere The British Library.
You can view and order this book at http://www.oakknoll.com/pressrel/title.html
Michael Guessford
Publicity & Marketing Director
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