02238cam a22004097i 4500 128948 BJBSDDR 20250901104903.0 ta 171108s2017 nyua 001 0 eng d 9781465463623 1465463623 eng DLC eng Z 4 R384 2017 002.09 Remarkable books : a celebration of the world's most beautiful and historic works / contributors, Father Michael Collins, with Alexandra Black, Thomas Cussans, John Farndon, and Philip Parker. Remarkable books : world's most beautiful and historic works Remarkable books New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2017. 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portaits, facsimiles ; 31 cm "World's most beautiful and historic works"--Cover. Includes index. 300 BCE to 999 CE 1000 to 1449 1450 to 1649 1650 to 1899 1900 onward "A beautifully illustrated guide to more than 75 of the world's most celebrated, rare, and seminal books and handwritten manuscripts ever produced, with discussions of their purpose, features, and creators. From ancient masterpieces such as The Art of War, written on the leaves of bamboo, to the stunningly illustrated Birds of America, to Chairman Mao's Little Red Book, [this book] delves into the stories behind the most incredible tomes ever produced, offering an insight into their wider social and cultural context, and is chronologically ordered to demonstrate the synergies between the growth in human knowledge and the bookmaking process."--The publisher Best books. Books History Pictorial works. Libros Historia Obras pictóricas 8722 Books and reading History. Libros y lectura Historia 1794 Collins, Michael, 1960- contributor 18924 Black, Alexandra contributor 44685 Cussans, Thomas. contributor 26507 Farndon, John, 1960- contributor 26326 Parker, Philip, 1965- contributor 20908 lcc BK 105027 105027 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-11 0 Z 4 R384 2017 00000120760 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 BK