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The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector: Essays in Honour of Toshiyuki Takamiya
Takami Matsuda
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Description for The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector: Essays in Honour of Toshiyuki Takamiya
Paperback. New research into medieval English literature, with a particular focus on manuscripts and writing. Editor(s): Matsuda, Takami; Linenthal, Richard A.; Scahill, John. Num Pages: 552 pages, 82 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 270 x 183 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1565.
New research into medieval English literature, with a particular focus on manuscripts and writing. This acclaimed study of English medieval manuscripts and early printed books - many items from Professor Takamiya's own collection - quickly sold out in hardcover. The subjects range from Saint Jerome to Tolkien, with particular concentrations on Chaucer, Gower, Malory and religious and historical writings of the late middle ages. There are essays examining the work of early printers such as Caxton and de Worde, and of bibliophiles and antiquarians in modern times. Befitting a tribute to a bibliophile, this volume has been handsomely designed ... Read more
New research into medieval English literature, with a particular focus on manuscripts and writing. This acclaimed study of English medieval manuscripts and early printed books - many items from Professor Takamiya's own collection - quickly sold out in hardcover. The subjects range from Saint Jerome to Tolkien, with particular concentrations on Chaucer, Gower, Malory and religious and historical writings of the late middle ages. There are essays examining the work of early printers such as Caxton and de Worde, and of bibliophiles and antiquarians in modern times. Befitting a tribute to a bibliophile, this volume has been handsomely designed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843844051
SKU
V9781843844051
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About Takami Matsuda
A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury. The late Derek Pearsall was Emeritus Gurney Professor of Middle English Literature at Harvard University; he wrote extensively on Chaucer, Gower, Langland and Lydgate, including biographies of Chaucer and Lydgate, an edition of the C-text of Langland's Piers Plowman. Jeremy Smith was professor ... Read more
Reviews for The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector: Essays in Honour of Toshiyuki Takamiya
[A] beautifully produced and scholarly volume [that] approaches infallibility: not only its recipients but the editors, contributors, and all involved in its preparation and production should feel honoured by it.
THE LIBRARY
Physically splendid [with] an astonishingly large number of plates. A feast of a festschrift, a banquet of a book that should not be missed.
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THE LIBRARY
Physically splendid [with] an astonishingly large number of plates. A feast of a festschrift, a banquet of a book that should not be missed.
RICARDIAN ... Read more