Nicolas Barker Livres

In Visible Voices Nicolas Barker traces the history of the 'translation' of poetry from a spoken medium to a written, or printed, medium.

A guide to the literature of the English-speaking world from earliest times to 1970 in a single volume. The lives of many writers are described at some length, as well as major characters, subjects, and works of poetry, fiction, history, and philosophy. Illustrated. Ex-library copy with some markings. xi, iii , 992, 2 pages. cloth. large thick 8vo..

First edition, second printing. Beautifully illustrated history. xiii, 69 pages followed by many full page plates. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..

In this illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts, which cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum to the foundation of the British Library and to the present day.

This is the culmination of Dr. Barker's fifty years of research into the identity and work of Alunno, the most accomplished of all sixteenth-century Italian writing masters. With many new information on his life, career, and associations. It contains a text volume with a separate facsimile volume comprising 241 colour facsimiles of the 'cartoni' or plates. Bound in dark blue cloth, contained in a matching case and issued in an edition of 300. A beautiful book with splendid colour illustrations of some of the most beautiful calligraphy ever created. Designed by the highly esteemed printer Patrick Reagh.

Second printing of first edition. Winner of the 1995 International Premio Felice Feiciano for 1993-1994 and with a wrap-around label announcing this fact surrounding dust jacket. An excellent and beautifully illustrated study of the garden of the Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt, which was the first to contain all the shrubs and flowering plants known at that time, including imports from the Orient and Americas. In 1613, the Prince-Bishop commissioned botanist and apothecary Basilius Besler to create a monumental picture book recording all the species in his garden. The author of this volume records the history of this remarkable publishing enterprise. Exquisite color illustrations, including fifty superb, full page reproductions of Besler's original book. vii, i , 80 pages, with an additional 80 pages of plates. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. folio.