Imaging and Mapping Eastern Europe: Sarmatia Europea to Post-Communist Bloc (Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies)

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Since the fifteenth century, the printed book has been an essential carrier of information. And, for more than five hundred years, there have been designers, printers, and publishers who have extended the boundaries of their professions aesthetically and technically, producing books that are masterpieces of graphic art.
This sumptuous collection tells the history of the printed book through milestone publications and little-known treasures of the art of the book. The noted originators range from Jenson and Bellaert in the fifteenth century through Piranesi, Bodoni, and Bewick to Morris, Gill, Tschichold, and Birdsall in the modern age. The featured publications include
from 1493求a masterpiece of integrated text and illustration; Maria Sibylla Merian＊s book of insects from 1719; Muybridge＊s 1887
; a photomontage book by John Heartfield published in 1929; and a 1937 edition of
by Aristophanes, produced by the Limited Editions Club of New York. 685+ color illustrations