The Comely Frontispiece

The Emblematic Title-Page in England 1550–1660

Margery Corbett, R.W. Lightbown

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Routledge
01 May 2025

History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Literary studies: general; Graphical & digital media applications

Series: Routledge Revivals

Many of the major books published in the years between 1550 and 1660 – one of the richest periods in English culture – were embellished with an elaborate engraved title-page. The Comely Frontispiece (1979) selects twenty such title-pages which represent the different branches of learning – theology, philosophy, history, poetry, medicine – and explains that these pages were not mere ornaments but visual epitomes in the emblematic mode of significant aspects of the book. They were designed by the author and explore the whole world of Renaissance emblematic imagery on which they drew. We see how famous figures used the engraved title-page to express the ideas they had in mind when their books were conceived and written – ideas about the Church and society, philosophy and manners, poetry and drama, science and medicine – so that it affords us an exceptional insight into what they themselves considered was important or attractive in their own creations.

By: Margery Corbett, R.W. Lightbown
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9781041008712
ISBN 10: 1041008716
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 01 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Margery Corbett and R.W. Lightbown