Bøger af Bamber Gascoigne

By focusing on the key colourful characters of the eight major dynasties, Bamber Gascoigne brings to life 3500 years of Chinese civilization.

Bamber Gascoigne's broad historical survey explores developments in the history of colour printing from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. This lavishly illustrated book will be of interest to all students of publishing and printing history, bibliography, as well as art historians.

The story of the most fascinating period of Indian history, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the country was ruled by the extraordinarily talented dynasty of emperors known to European travellers as 'the Great Moghuls'.

This comprehensive reference work provides all the answers to all the technical questions that constantly arise when trying to identify accurately any kind of print. Some 90 different techniques are described, as well as essential features of printing history and related matters such as colour separation.