Book

Scope note

Collections of wood or ivory tablets, or sheets of paper, parchment, or similar material, that are blank, written on, or printed, and are strung or bound together; commonly many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing; especially, when printed, a bound volume, or a volume of some size.

This term has 2,576 records attributed within our system.

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Getty AAT term number

300028051

Broader Terms used

<information artifacts by physical form>

Narrower Terms used

<books by conditions of production>
<books by external form>
<books by internal form>

Term used for

books
codices (gathered leaves)

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Theatre of Water at the Villa Ludovisi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falda, Giovanni Battista

Fountain in the Piazza of the Rotunda

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falda, Giovanni Battista

Main Door of the Santo Spirito Hospital

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falda, Giovanni Battista

Fountain of the Theatre at the Villa Aldobrandini

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falda, Giovanni Battista

Piazza Di Castel Gandolfo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falda, Giovanni Battista

View of the Garden at the Villa Borghese at Mondragone

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falda, Giovanni Battista

Church of Sant'Andrea

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falda, Giovanni Battista

Church of Saints Luca and Martina

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Falda, Giovanni Battista

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Fugaku hyakkei

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hokusai, Katsushika

Ehon Imayo Sugata

Maker(s)

Designer: Toyokuni, Utagawa

Gerhart Frankl 1901-1965, 'In Memoriam' Sketch Book 1947-1951

Maker(s)

Artist: Frankl, Gerhart

The infernal marriage

Maker(s)

Author: Disraeli, Benjamin
Illustrator: Austen, John
Publisher: William Jackson (Books) Ltd.
Printer: Curwen Press

The typographical adventure of William Morris : an exhibition arranged by the William Morris Society, 1957

Maker(s)

Author: Briggs, Ronald
Publisher: William Morris Society
Printer: Eyre & Spottiswoode
Paper maker: Grosvenor, Chater & Co. Ltd.
Paper maker: Spicers Limited
Writer: Rollins, Carl Purington

William Morris and Eric Gill

Maker(s)

Author: Faulkner, Peter
Publisher: William Morris Society
Printer: Compton Press

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Portrait of Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier c. 1817

Maker(s)

Painter: Picot, François Eduard

An image of PB-2005_4.jpg

Ten poems from Hafez

Maker(s)

Author: Hafez
Translator: Peacock, Jila
Calligrapher: Peacock, Jila
Publisher: Peacock, Jila
Printer: Peacock, Jila
Printer: Campbell, Scott
Binder (person): Wyvern Bindery
Binder (person): Sanchez Lozano, Oscar

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Frame for a Triptych

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Death in Venice

Maker(s)

Author: Mann, Thomas
Translator: Burke, Kenneth
Illustrator: Hoffmann, Felix
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Catflisch, Max
Printer: Stinehour Press

Lucidor

Maker(s)

Author: Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
Illustrator: Hoffmann, Felix
Publisher: Trajanus-Presse

An image of Book

Nogaku zue (Pictures of Nō)

Maker(s)

Designer: Kōgyo, Tsukioka

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

An image of Painting

Marguerite Chapin in her apartment with her dog

Maker(s)

Painter: Vuillard, Edouard

An image of PB 5-2001_pp312-313_mas.tif

The works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Maker(s)

Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
Editor: Ellis, F. S.
Illustrator: Burne-Jones, Edward
Engraver: Hooper, W. H.
Printer: Morris, William
Kelmscott Press
Binder: Doves Bindery

Book

Maker(s)

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