Albert Magnus
Overview page. Subjects: Bibliography — Decorative Arts, Furniture, and Industrial Design.
(b 1642; d 1689).
Dutch bookbinder. Magnus made luxury pointillé bindings related in style to those of contemporary French binders, but distinguished from their work by the...
Aloys Senefelder
Overview page. Subjects: Bibliography — Art.
(b Prague, 6 Nov. 1771; d Munich, 26 Feb. 1834).
German writer who in 1798 invented lithography as a cheap means of reproducing his plays. He soon realized the artistic...
Bartolomeo Sanvito
Overview page. Subjects: Art — Bibliography.
(1435–1511) Italian scribe, scholar, and illuminator.
Beginning his career in Padua c.1453, he was mostly in Rome from 1469, and died in Padua. His illumination (see illuminated...
bibelot
Overview page. Subjects: Art — Bibliography.
In French the term denotes an object without value such as a trinket or curio, though the workmanship can vary from the crude to the luxurious.
book art
Overview page. Subjects: Bibliography — Art.
A term applied to books produced as a kind of Conceptual art, valued for the ideas they embody rather than for their appearance or literary content. This type of work originated in the...
bookplate
Overview page. Subjects: Bibliography — Decorative Arts, Furniture, and Industrial Design.
A decorative label stuck in the front of a book, bearing the name of the book's owner.
cardboard
Overview page. Subjects: Bibliography — Art.
A thin but stiff board usually made from paper pulp or sheets of paper, sometimes used as an inexpensive support for paintings. Millboard is a term applied to a relatively stout type. Etty...
carte-de-visite
Overview page. Subjects: Bibliography — Photography and Photographs.
(French, ‘calling card’)
A small card, bearing a photographic portrait, used as a supplement to the normal visiting card. Such cards were especially popular just after the middle...
Christie's
Overview page. Subjects: Art — Bibliography.
The world's oldest firm of fine art auctioneers (Sotheby's was established earlier, but originally sold only books). It was founded by James Christie (1730–1803), who gave up a commission...
chromolithography
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The process of making coloured prints by lithography, using a separate stone or plate for each colour. The term is usually applied to reproductive prints rather than to original works.
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