Title & Author:

A heavenly craft : the woodcut in early printed books : illustrated books purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald at the sale of the library of C.W. Dyson Perrins / edited by Daniel De Simone.

Publication:

New York : George Braziller ; Washington : Library of Congress, 2004.

Description:

xiii, 222 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, N.Y., Dec. 2004, the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Apr. 2005 and the Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, Sept. 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-215) and index.
Lessing J. Rosenwald and the "magnificent library" of C.W. Dyson Perrins / Paul Needham -- Venetian and Florentine Renaissance woodcuts for Bibles, liturgical books and devotional books / Lilian Armstrong -- The stylistic development of German book illustration, 1460-1511 / Daniela Laube -- Catalogue / Daniel De Simone.

Summary:

"At auction in 1946 and 1947 were books from what Paul Needham calls "the magnificent library" of the noted English book collector C.W. Dyson Perrins, heir to the Lea & Perrins fortune. One of the first important book auctions to follow World War II, the Dyson Perrins sale had among its bidders the agent for Lessing J. Rosenwald, the Philadelphia collector who a few years earlier had made arrangements for his collection of illustrated books to go to the Library of Congress and his collection of prints to the National Gallery of Art." "A Heavenly Craft explores both books and art. Here, Daniel De Simone, curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress, begins to build on nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholarship in early woodcut illustration. He challenges scholars to bring the substantial work of bibliographers of the 1930s and earlier up to date."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0807615366 (alk. paper)
9780807615362 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979 Art collections Exhibitions.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 Library.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979
Rosenwald, Lessing J.
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) Exhibitions.
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Wood-engraving, Renaissance Exhibitions.
Illustration of books 15th century Exhibitions.
Illustration of books 16th century Exhibitions.
Early printed books Europe Exhibitions.
Wood-engraving Private collections Washington (D.C.) Exhibitions.
Incunabula Exhibitions.
Wood-engraving 15th century Exhibitions.
Incunabula Bibliography Exhibitions.
Gravure sur bois de la Renaissance Expositions.
Illustration des livres 15e siècle Expositions.
Illustration des livres 16e siècle Expositions.
Livres anciens Europe Expositions.
Incunables Expositions.
Gravure sur bois 15e siècle Expositions.
Wood-engraving
Incunabula
Art Private collections
Early printed books
Illustration of books
Libraries
Wood-engraving Private collections
Wood-engraving, Renaissance
Holzschnitt
Illustration
Sammlung
Houtsneden.
Oude drukken.
Particuliere verzamelingen.
Europe
Washington (D.C.)

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Ausstellungskatalog 2004 New York, NY.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

De Simone, Daniel, editor.
Library of Congress, host institution, publisher.
Grolier Club, host institution.
Bridwell Library, host institution.
George Braziller, Inc., publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 246962
Call No.: BIB 176514
Status: Available