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First Edition. An expanded version of two of the author's previous publications, this bibliography covers a broad
range of books on art in early America, including not only art treatises and instruction manuals but all books
related to drawing, painting, engraving, sculpture, artist biography and the history of art. The bibliography covers
art books up to 1815, the year that Thomas Jefferson sold his extensive book collection to the U.S. government to
form a new Library of Congress. One hundred and eighty-three titles are included in the checklist, each with basic
bibliographic information, followed by full catalogue references of the booksellers and/or libraries that listed the
book. The checklist is followed by five appendices, listing the books by date of first catalogue reference, by the
order of number of catalogue references, by library and bookseller in order of earliest reference and in order of
collection size, and by the eighteenth-century American artist who read them. The books are also indexed by
checklist number. [Order No. 94205]
91. Myers, Robin, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote (editors). BOOKS ON THE MOVE:
TRACKING COPIES THROUGH COLLECTIONS AND THE BOOK TRADE. New Castle, Delaware
and London, UK: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2007, 6 x 9 inches, cloth, dust jacket.
180 pages. ISBN 9781584562191. $49.95 $37.46
First edition. In this volume of the Publishing Pathways series, leading specialists in book history consider
examples from the sixteenth to the twentieth century to chart some of the paths followed by books through the
European network of print. This may focus on the large collections accumulated by Renaissance scholars, but may
equally involve tracking multiple copies of the same work through the marks of ownership left by unknown
readers. Books on the Move represents an important contribution to an understanding of the shifting interactions
over time between libraries, collectors and the book trade. Sales rights: Worldwide except in the UK; available in
the UK from the British Library. [Order No. 95718]
92. Anghelescu, Hermina G. B. and Martine Poulain. BOOKS, LIBRARIES, READING & PUB-
LISHING IN THE COLD WAR. Washington D.C.: Center for the Book, Library of Congress, 2002,
8vo., cloth , dust jacket. 298 pages. ISBN 084441056X. $25.00 $18.75
This historic and important work is based on a series of papers presented at the 1998 International Federation of
Library Associations conference in Paris. The work contains 26 essays focusing on the effects the Cold War had on
Western and Communist libraries, publishers, cultural diplomacy, political censorship and the freedom to read. As
a whole, this well-written work illuminates one of the most turbulent eras of library history. Published by the
Center for the Book, Library of Congress. [Order No. 69624]
93. (Center for Book Arts) BOOKWORKS BY TOM PHILLIPS, AN EXHIBITION AT THE
CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS. New York: Center for Book Arts, 1986, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 52
pages. $15.00 $11.25
An exhibition, curated by Richard Minsky, was held in New York from April 3 to May 16, 1986. This show of
Phillips original manuscripts and small editions helped bridge the boundary between book art and artists' books.
It included 37 works by the London artist from 1970-1986. Filled with illustrations including many in color. [Order
No. 103173]
94. Hattendorf, John B. "THE BOUNDLESS DEEP..." THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST OF THE
OCEANS, 1450 TO 1840. Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 2003, small 4to., stiff paper
wrappers. xxii, 204 pages. ISBN 0916617637. $35.00 $26.25
Catalogue of an exhibition of rare books, maps, charts, prints and manuscripts relating to maritime history from
the collection of the John Carter Brown Library. "The Boundless Deep..." addresses the epic story of the European
expansion across the ocean, beginning with the Portuguese voyages down the west coast of Africa in the middle of
the fifteenth century and culminating in the great scientific expeditions of the eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries. Like the exhibition, held in the Spring of 2003 at the Newport Art Museum, this catalogue captures the
diversity of man's relationship to the sea in the early modern era under seven broad themes. Includes a
chronological, author and title index of works in the catalogue in addition to a list of facsimile editions of maritime
books from the John Carter Brown Library Collection. Contains 115 illustrations, many in color. [Order No. 76280]
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