Review of the hardback: '… a handsomely illustrated book, argued with panache.' The Times Literary Supplement Review of the hardback: 'A welcome addition … beautifully produced by Cambridge. Because of its ornamental and substantive merits it belongs in every personal and institutional library concerned with the eighteenth-century novel.' British Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies Review of the hardback: '… Barchas's discussion ... Read moreof the interpretive role of these graphic features, particularly in relation to the novel's formal development, is nuanced and savvy; in recalling attention to the visual context and materiality of the early novel, it opens the way to a potentially rich new area of discussion.' Sharp News Review of the hardback: 'For the first time, we have a book that systematically examines the presentation of the novel as a part of its meaning … the great strength of this beautifully presented, lavishly illustrated, and genially written book is its vivid recapturing of the complexity and excitement of the book market in the early eighteenth century … a delightful, informative, and highly suggestive survey of printing techniques that will compel any reader of the early novel to see the form in a new, and richly material fashion.' Libraries & Culture Review of the hardback: '… Graphic Design will have, and deserves to have, many imitators.' The Library 'Barchas in Graphic Design, Print Culture, and the Eighteenth-Century Novel offers a fascinating composite portrait of this exuberantly bookish age.' The Wordsworth Circle Show Less