The Oxford Companion to the Book
(Sprache: Englisch)
Readership: Scholars and students of bibliography and book history; librarians and archivists; antiquarian and secondhand book sellers; book collectors and general readers. Institutional and major public libraries.
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Readership: Scholars and students of bibliography and book history; librarians and archivists; antiquarian and secondhand book sellers; book collectors and general readers. Institutional and major public libraries.
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The Oxford Companion to the Book is a unique work of reference, covering the book, broadly conceived, throughout the world from ancient to modern times. It includes traditional subjects such as bibliography, palaeography, the history of printing, editorial theory and practice, textual criticism, book collecting, and libraries, but it also engages with newer disciplines such as the history of the book and the electronic book. It pays particular attention tohow different societies shape books and how books shape societies.
The two-volume work is organized in two parts, totalling a million words. The first part is a substantial series of introductory essays, making up about a third of the text. Nineteen of the essays provide generic histories of the subject ranging from writing systems, the ancient and the medieval book, through central aspects of book production, to theories of text, editorial theory and textual criticism, the economics of print, and the sacred book. These are complemented by 29 surveys of the
history of the book around the world, including the Muslim world, Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The second part of the Companion comprises an A-Z section of over 5,000 entries on every aspect of this exceptionally rich and diverse subject, ranging from brief definitions and biographical
entries to more extensive treatments of up to 2,000 words. The two parts are linked by thorough cross-referencing (both between and within the sections) and the whole is also served by a general index and a classified index of entries. The text is illustrated throughout with reproductions, diagrams, and examples of various typographical features.
The contents of the book have been planned around the following scheme which aptly illustrates the breadth and depth of this most interdisciplinary of subjects:
book genres of every kind including dictionaries, government documents, and music
all aspects of the physical book, and a generous coverage of
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individual bookbinders, paper-makers, typographers, type-founders, and designers
authorship, including issues of attribution, authors' societies and communities, forgeries and hoaxes
the entire reproduction process over the centuries (in both Asia and the West), not forgetting individual engravers, illuminators, and illustrators
printers and publishers around the world, plus book-trade organizations, and patronage
intellectual property issues
distribution and sales, comprising international coverage of booksellers, as well as book clubs, auction houses, and advertising
preservation, covering not only libraries and library systems but also individual collectors, librarians, and professional associations
suppression of the book, including censorship and stamp acts, and issues surrounding blasphemy and pornography
scholarship, covering bibliography, editions, and scholarly centres and organizations, as well as numerous individual scholars in all parts of the world
aspects of reading and reception, including book organizations and literary prizes
a broad range of periodicals encompassing literary, professional and trade, and scholarly and bibliophile interests
named manuscripts, scripts, and individual scribes and calligraphers
individual books as exemplars of book history
The Companion is the only reference book of its kind in the field. It has been written by 400 of the world's best scholars in bibliography and book history, and will have an international readership. As appropriate to its subject matter, the finished book is designed to be both exceptionally practical and aesthetically pleasing.
authorship, including issues of attribution, authors' societies and communities, forgeries and hoaxes
the entire reproduction process over the centuries (in both Asia and the West), not forgetting individual engravers, illuminators, and illustrators
printers and publishers around the world, plus book-trade organizations, and patronage
intellectual property issues
distribution and sales, comprising international coverage of booksellers, as well as book clubs, auction houses, and advertising
preservation, covering not only libraries and library systems but also individual collectors, librarians, and professional associations
suppression of the book, including censorship and stamp acts, and issues surrounding blasphemy and pornography
scholarship, covering bibliography, editions, and scholarly centres and organizations, as well as numerous individual scholars in all parts of the world
aspects of reading and reception, including book organizations and literary prizes
a broad range of periodicals encompassing literary, professional and trade, and scholarly and bibliophile interests
named manuscripts, scripts, and individual scribes and calligraphers
individual books as exemplars of book history
The Companion is the only reference book of its kind in the field. It has been written by 400 of the world's best scholars in bibliography and book history, and will have an international readership. As appropriate to its subject matter, the finished book is designed to be both exceptionally practical and aesthetically pleasing.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Oxford Companion to the Book “
LIST OF ASSOCIATE EDITORS ; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ; THEMATIC INDEX OF ENTRIES ; NOTES TO THE READER ; ABBREVIATIONS ; ESSAYS ; A-Z ENTRIES ; GENERAL INDEX ; PICTURE CREDITS
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Henry Woudhuysen , Michael F. Suzrez
- 2010, 1408 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 21,7 x 28,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198606532
- ISBN-13: 9780198606536
Sprache:
Englisch
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