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Riches of the Rylands : the special collections of the University of Manchester Library
- Title
- Riches of the Rylands : the special collections of the University of Manchester Library / with a foreword by Jan Wilkinson.
- Publication
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 15-1283 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Manchester University Press.
- Description
- ix, 308 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits; 29 cm
- Alternative Title
- Special collections of the University of Manchester Library
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-300) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / John R. Hodgson -- Beyond books : from papyrus to pixels / Stella K. Halkyard -- Through painted windows : the art of illumination / John R. Hodgson -- First impressions : the early years of European printing / Julianne Simpson -- Master binders and their craft / Caroline Checkley-Scott and John R. Hodgson -- 'A definite claim to beauty' : the private presses / John R. Hodgson -- Envisioning space : maps and atlases / Donna M. Sherman -- 'Lively oracles of God' : the Bible from antiquity to modernity / Elizabeth Gow -- 'So many paths' : religious traditions across the world / Elizabeth Gow -- 'On the shoulders of giants' : science, technology and medicine / James N. Peters, Julianne Simpson and Janet L. Wallwork -- 'Between the covers' : a literary miscellany / Fran Baker -- Illustrated imaginative children's literature / Ian Rogerson -- Power, politics and propaganda : the story of Britain from 1215 / Dorothy J. Clayton -- Manchester : local connections / Julie Ramwell.
- Call Number
- JFF 15-1283
- ISBN
- 9780719096358 (hbk.)
- 0719096359 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 903161531
- Title
- Riches of the Rylands : the special collections of the University of Manchester Library / with a foreword by Jan Wilkinson.
- Publisher
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-300) and index.
- Added Author
- Manchester University Press.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 15-1283