Print Culture in Early Modern France: Abraham Bosse and the Purposes of Print

by Carl Goldstein

Book Overview

In this book, Carl Goldstein examines the print culture of seventeenth-century France through a study of the career of Abraham Bosse, a well-known printmaker, book illustrator, and author of books and pamphlets on a variety of technical subjects. The consummate print professional, Bosse persistently explored the endless possibilities of print - single-sheet prints combining text and image, book illustration, broadsides, placards, almanacs, theses,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107012147
• ISBN13: 9781107012141
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.2" x 7.2"