Remarkable Books: The World’s Most Beautiful and Historic Works

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A beautifully illustrated guide to more than 75 of the world’s most celebrated, rare, and seminal books and handwritten manuscripts ever produced, with discussions in their purpose, features, and creators.

From ancient masterpieces such as The Art of War, written at the leaves of bamboo, to the stunningly illustrated Birds of America, to Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book, Remarkable Books delves into the stories at the back of essentially the most implausible tomes ever produced, offering an insight into their wider social and cultural context, and is chronologically ordered to demonstrate the synergies between the growth in human knowledge and the bookmaking process. Alongside breathtaking images of the books and manuscripts themselves, close-up views draw out interesting features, which might be discussed in greater detail, whilst biographies tell the lives of the individuals who produced them.

This coffee table–worthy book is wrapped in a textured jacket with gold foil, making it an excellent gift for the ones with an interest in literature and art and design.

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