The Art of the Illustrated Book (V&A) author-kari-herbert devotional

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The ultimate visual encyclopaedia

from the earliest European cave paintings to the coming of Christianity and Buddhism in the Old World and the arrival of the Spaniards in the New

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The Art of the Illustrated Book (V&A) author-kari-herbert devotionalThis is the story of the illustrated book, from the earliest printed examples to the present day, told through the collections of the National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London a library that was created to bring together examples of superlative book making on almost every subject. Gathered here are some of the most influential, compelling and striking examples of the illustrated book, arranged thematically in chapters devoted to