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

Two busts, one wearing an elaborate headdress with elephant tusks and a trunk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Six columns decorated with figures

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Persyn, Reinier van
Podestà, Giovanni Andrea (After)

Iohannis de sacrobusto anglici uiri clarissimi Spera mundi feliciter incipit. [Uniform title: Sphaera mundi]

Maker(s)

Author: Sacro Bosco, Joannes De
Author: Gherardo, da Cremona
Author: Gherardo, da Sabbioneta
Printer: Renner, Franz

Voltaire à la Bague

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Hardy, Bernhard Caspar

Landscape with a castle

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Varley, John

An image of Jar

Jar

Maker(s)

An image of Bottle

Bottle

Maker(s)

An image of Netsuke

Itinerant bookseller

Maker(s)

An image of Figure

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory

Early Drawings

Maker(s)

Author: Tilney, Oswald H., Mr.

The Graphic Work of Edward Wadsworth

Maker(s)

Author: Greenwood, Jeremy

George Field's bookplate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Sanjûrokkasen

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunshô, Katsukawa

Ehon gikeiki

Maker(s)

Designer: Shigemasa, Kitao

An image of Book

Tenmei shinsen gojunin isshu: Azumaburi kyoka bunko

Maker(s)

Designer: Masanobu, Kitao

An image of Book

Nogaku zue (Pictures of Nō)

Maker(s)

Designer: Kōgyo, Tsukioka

Photographische Wiedergabe der Hs. Digby 23 : mit Genehmigung der Curatoren der Bodleyschen Bibliothek zu Oxford.

Maker(s)

Author: Chanson de Roland
Stengel, Edmund
Publisher: Henninger, Gebr.

Golden Cockerel type : a collection of essays on Eric Gill and his type for the Golden Cockerel Press in celebration of the launch of ITC Golden Cockerel

Maker(s)

Contributor: Dreyfus, John
Designer: Kelly, Jerry
Publisher: International Typeface Corporation
Printer: Stinehour Press

Anabasis

Maker(s)

Illustrator: Meckel, Christoph
Publisher: Carl Hanser

Engraved glass : lettering and heraldry

Maker(s)

Author: Peace, David
Publisher: Peace, David
Printer: John B. Reed Ltd.

Il cavaliere di bronzo : racconto Pietroburghese, 1833

Maker(s)

Author: Puskin, Aleksandr
Printer: Mardersteig, Giovanni
Publisher: Officina Bodoni
Designer: Lazursky, Wadim

Les Grandes heures de Jean duc de Berry, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris

Maker(s)

Editor: Thomas, Marcel
Publisher: George Braziller

The book makers of old Birmingham : authors, printers, and book sellers

Maker(s)

Author: Hill, Joseph
Publisher: Cornish Brothers Limited
Printer: Shakespeare Press

A thirteenth century bestiary in the library of Alnwick Castle

Maker(s)

Editor: Millar, Eric George
Publisher: Roxburghe Club
Printer: Batey, Charles
Printer: Oxford University Press

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