Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 4
3. The Contributors 8
4. Introduction 10
5. I. THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS 16
6. Feature: ETHIOPIA, AFRICAN SCRIBES AND THE ILLUSTRATED APOCALYPSE 26
7. II. THE DIAMOND SUTRA PRINTED IN 868 28
8. Feature: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PAPER 38
9. III. THE ARNSTEIN BIBLE 40
10. Feature: KING HENRY VIII’S COPY OF THE ‘GREAT BIBLE’ 48
11. IV. THE GOLDEN HAGGADAH 50
12. V. THE QUEEN MARY PSALTER 60
13. Feature: THE HARMONIES OF LITTLE GIDDING 70
14. VI. THE MAINZ PSALTER OF 1457 74
15. VII. HYPNEROTOMACHIA POLIPHILI 84
16. Feature: BODONI’S MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO AND HIS FOLLOWERS 94
17. VIII. AKBAR’S KHAMSAH OF NIZAMI 96
18. IX. THE SHAKESPEARE FIRST FOLIO OF 1623 106
19. Feature: THE TITLE PAGE AND OTHER PARATEXTS 116
20. X. EXCERPTS FROM THE TALE OF GENJI 118
21. Feature: A MODERN MESOAMERICAN CODEX 130
22. XI. WILLIAM LEIGHTON’S THE TEARES OR LAMENTACIONS OF A SORROWFULL SOULE 132
23. Feature: THE DESIGN OF HUMAN ATLASES 142
24. XII. A DESCRIPTION OF THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS 146
25. Feature: MINIATURE BOOKS: THEIR CHARM AND PURPOSE 154
26. XIII. A QUR’AN FROM ACEH 158
27. XIV. OWEN JONES’S THE GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT 168
28. Feature: AMERICAN PUBLISHERS’ BINDINGS, NINETEENTH CENTURY 178
29. XV. THE BUDDHA’S LAST BIRTH TALE 180
30. Feature: A MATERIAL IDENTITY IN OCEANIA BOOK DESIGN 190
31. XVI. AUDUBON’S THE BIRDS OF AMERICA 192
32. Feature: ‘AN ERROR OF TASTE’: SMITHERS, BEARDSLEY AND THE SAVOY 202
33. XVII. THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER 204
34. Feature: TWENTIETH-CENTURY TYPEFACES 214
35. XVIII. SADOK SUDEI AND OTHER FUTURIST BOOKS FROM RUSSIA 216
36. Feature: CARTONERA BOOKS AND PUBLISHERS 226
37. XIX. CENTURY 228
38. Feature: PENGUIN BOOKS AND THE PAPERBACK REVOLUTION 236
39. XX. SEA AIR 238
40. Feature: WOMEN PUBLISHERS AND DESIGNERS 248
41. XXI. EDITIONS AT PLAY 250
42. Feature: BOOK DESIGN AS AN AGENT OF CONSERVATION 258
43. Epilogue 260
44. Glossary 262
45. Notes 265
46. Further Reading 275
47. Index 281
48. Credits 287
49. QR Codes 288