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001 2015027804
003 DLC
005 20151225074126.0
008 150716s2015 deuaf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015027804
020 $a9781584563365 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-fr---$ae-uk-en$an-us---
050 00 $aZ246$b.T55 2015
082 00 $a686.09$223
100 1 $aThomson, Ellen Mazur,$eauthor.
245 10 $aAesthetic tracts :$binnovation in late-nineteenth-century book design /$cEllen Mazur Thomson.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew Castle, Delaware :$bOak Knoll Press,$c2015.
300 $axiv, 177 pages, 16 color plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"A study of how new theories of design in the late 19th century, including the introduction of Japanese artistic principles, new printing technology, the emergence of the consumer society, transformation in the publishing industry, and the influence of international expositions worked to change the idea of the book at the fin-de-siecle. Contains 16 color plates and 50 black-and-white illustrations, an appendix, notes and index"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and index.
505 0 $aPreface: "Aesthetic tracts" -- Consequences of abundance -- Book covers : a search for design principles -- Japonisme in Sarah Wyman Whitman's book covers -- A story told with pictures : Histoire des quatre fils Aymon -- The text and the image : conflict and compatibility -- The writer as book designer -- Privileging the text : the writer and the reader -- Changes in the lesson of things -- Appendix: Gillotage.
650 0 $aBook design$xFrance$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aBook design$xEngland$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aBook design$xUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aBook industries and trade$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aBook covers$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aIllustrated books$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAesthetics, Modern$y19th century.