First edition. Includes sections on the care and restoration of rare books, the nature of the rare book, and housing special collections. Jacket age yellowed along top edge. 168 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..

Rare book librarianship

Politics & Social Sciences

Cave, Roderick

Social Sciences

Linnet Books

Descriptions of the work of modern private presses in Britain and the United States are included in this illustrated history of amateur printing since Gutenberg's invention

The Private Press

Computers & Technology

Graphics & Design

Faber and Faber

Nature printing uses the surfaces of natural objects to make prints. This beautifully presented study traces its history from early leaf impressions to its use for scientific recording in the 17th and 18th centuries and from the new printing processes of the 19th century to Japanese gyotaku fish prints today. The book contains reproductions of over 200 examples - including leaves and flowers, bats, butterflies and lace - illustrating the beauty and versatility of this long-standing art form.

Impressions of Nature: A History of Nature Printing[ IMPRESSIONS OF NATURE: A HISTORY OF NATURE PRINTING ] by Cave, Roderick (Author) Jul-20-10[ Hardcover ]

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

The British Library

First edition. Issued as a title inThe British Library Studies in the History of the Book series. A selection of 29 essays by Roderick Cave, several of which have not before been published. The book starts with articles that survey the broad field from a historical perspective, and includes several studies based on interviews with those who worked at the Boars Head, Gregynog and Golden Cockerel Presses in the years between the world wars. Other individual presses discussed range from those of the Marquis de Bercy, an amateur printer of the French Revolution, through modern American, Australilan and British private presses, to that operated by Count Potocki de Montalk, who claimed to be Wladislas V, King of Poland. The volume also includes articles on a Victorian book collectors' club- the Philobiblon Society- and on high quality commercial printing at the Folio Society and the Grey Wall Press. Roderick Cave is author of The Private Press 1971, revised 1983 , a standard history in the field, and the recently published History of The Golden Cockerel Press 1920-1960with Sarah Manson The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, 2002 . Illustrated throughout, including a photograph of Will Ransom at case in his printing shop, c.1922, as frontispiece. xii, 267+ 1 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo..

Fine Printing & Private Presses

Business & Money

British Library, London

From the book flap: "In this thoroughly documented, authoritative book, Roderick Cave surveys the history of the private press, the printers and theri products, from the dawn of printing to the present day. Cave examines the earlier presses as well, from those set up by penurious scholars to print their own books, to those of aristocrats like Horace Walpole or Frederick the Great, who had presses as playthings; from the presses which have operated secretly to avoid censorship to those which regarded printing as a fine art. He describes representative presses of these various types, examining the equipment the used and the books they produced."

Watson-Guptill Publications

Descriptions of the work of modern private presses in Britain and the United States are included in this illustrated history of amateur printing since Gutenberg's invention

R.R. Bowker Company

Rare Book Librarianship

Clive Bingley

The division of the Caribbean islands between the major European powers resulted in the growth of a number of regional presses, providing the colonists with the reading matter they would have expected from their countries of origin. The differing attitudes of the colonial powers towards the press is evident both in the date when printing was first introduced in the colonies, and the number and type of works subsequently issued. Over the last twenty years Professor Cave's research has done much to clarify the development of printing in the West Indies. This volume brings together for the first time his work on the subject, with the addition of seven papers which have previously not been generally available. The author is principally concerned with printing in the English-speaking islands of the Caribbean, in particular with Jamaica, but there are also articles on printing in the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Dutch West Indies, Grenada and Trinidad. The parallels with early printing in the North American colonies are particularly important. Professor Cave has contributed an introduction and additional notes which draw attention to fresh material subsequently discovered. There is an index and bibliography. Table of Contents Preface Aspects of early printing and the book trade in the West Indies The use of slave labour in West Indian printing houses The West Indian planter and his reading An advertisement by John Wells Printing in 19th-century Belize The printing of The Honduras Almanack A Grenada printer’s commendatory verse Printing in 18th-century Jamaica Abstracts of wills and inventories of Jamaican printers An inventory of the first Jamaican printing house Thomas Craddock’s books The first printers in Jamaica Two Jamaican printers The plan- tocracy’s passion for Porcupine A letter from Bernard Romans Early circulating libraries in Jamaica The first Jamaican private press The St. James Printery, Montego Bay A proposal for a papermill in Jamaica Printing in the Swedish West Indies Printing in Trinidad: some preliminary notes The first Trinidad Guardian Early printing in South Trinidad The early printers of Grand Turk.

Printing and the Book Trade in the West Indies: Selected Studies (Studies in the History of Printing)

Pindar Press

The printmaking technique of "nature printing" has an illustrious and informative history that dates back to the 13th century. With luscious full-color reproductions of prints dating from the Middle Ages through the present, Impressions of Nature tracks the developments of nature printing, while also focusing on the historical details of the more than 200 illustrations, where they first appeared and the people responsible for them. Impressions of Nature is of interest to bibliophiles, art enthusiasts, fans of botany and gardening and even tattoo artists, all of whom will appreciate the intricate details of the prints.

Impressions of Nature: A History of Nature Printing

Mark Batty Publisher

A study of books through history is a study of human history. 
 In The History of the Book in 100 Books, the author explores 100 books that have played a critical role in the creation and expansion of books and all that they bring -- literacy, numeracy, expansion of knowledge, religion, political theory, oppression, liberation, and much more. The book is ordered chronologically and divided thematically. Each of the 100 sections focuses on one book that represents a particular development in the evolution of books and in turn, world history and society. Abundant photographs inform and embellish. 
 Here are some of the themes discussed: 
<ul>
<li> In the Beginning -- first human scratches on cave walls, cuneiform tablets, papyrus books, the oldest table of prime numbers </li> <li> Eastern Approaches -- 1,000 years before Europe, the Far East "publishes" books using paper and other writing surfaces in multiple -- in one case 11,000 -- volumes </li> <li> The Great Classics -- the emergence of Aesop's Fables over 2,000 years ago; the first cookbook, by Apicius, reveals the excesses of the Roman empire </li> <li> Medieval Worlds and the Book -- the illuminated Book of Kells survives Viking raids; Ptolemy puts the world on a map; the miraculous beauty of the Prayer Books and Books of Hours </li> <li> Light From the East -- the oldest printed book of all: Diamond Sutra; the first novel, Tale of Genji (written by a woman no less); the first book of astronomy and the first book of anatomy </li> <li> Wheels of Change -- a period of firsts: Gutenberg invents moveable type; the first blockbuster; the first joke book; the first printing in Africa; printing in Arabic; first printed music </li> <li> Print and Steam -- technology puts photography in books; newspapers publish fiction in installments; enter Baedecker, the archetypical travel guide; celebrity cooking hits the page </li> <li> The Book in the Turbulent 20th Century -- public libraries spark an information explosion; the advent of mechanized copying; revolutionary book design; no topic is off limits; the publishing industry </li> <li> Digitization and the Future of the Book -- e-book publishing intersects with a return to handcrafted books; manga, redefining the book. </li> </ul>
 This book takes a singular approach that will appeal to astute readers. It will have a wide and diverse readership.

The History of the Book in 100 Books: The Complete Story, From Egypt to e-book

Literature & Fiction

Ayad, Sara

Literary

Firefly Books

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The Private Press

Impressions of Nature: A History of Nature Printing[ IMPRESSIONS OF NATURE: A HISTORY OF NATURE PRINTING ] by Cave, Roderick (Author) Jul-20-10[ Hardcover ]

Fine Printing & Private Presses

The Private Press

The Private Press

Rare Book Librarianship

Printing and the Book Trade in the West Indies: Selected Studies (Studies in the History of Printing)

Impressions of Nature: A History of Nature Printing

The History of the Book in 100 Books: The Complete Story, From Egypt to e-book