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The Book by Design

The Remarkable Story of the World's Greatest Invention

Ed. PJM Marks , Ed. Stephen Parkin
The Lindisfarne Gospels, probably completed in the early 8th century, is a starting point for this history of book design, drawing on the unrivalled holdings of the British Library. Other publications that help tell the story include the first dated printed book: the Chinese ‘Diamond Sutra’ (868); one of the first illustrated children’s books, Thomas Boreman’s A Description of Three Hundred Animals (1730); and the revolutionary Penguin paperbacks of the 1930s.
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  • Publisher: British Library
  • Year: 2023
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 288pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 270x212mm
  • ISBN: 9780712354042
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 1.4kg
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539191
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