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Remarkable Books

The World's Most Historic and Significant Works

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Imagine a world without Principia Mathematica, Rights of Man, the Bible, Shakespeare, or the Mahabharata.
Remarkable Books features 75 of the world's most momentous titles - from The Art of War to Anne Frank's Diary - and reveals their far-ranging impact.
Books are the medium through which scientists, storytellers, and philosophers introduce their ideas. Discover seminal religious and political titles, cornerstones of science such as On the Origin of Species, and ancient texts such as the I Ching, which is still used today to answer fundamental questions about human existence.
Get up close to see fascinating details, such as Vesalius' exquisite anatomical illustrations in Epitome, Leonardo da Vinci's annotated notebooks, or the hand-decorated pages in the Gutenberg Bible. Discover why Euclid's Elements of Geometry was the most influential maths title ever published, and marvel at rare treasures such as the Aubin Codex, which tells the history of the Aztecs and the early Spanish colonial period in Mexico.
Remarkable Books gathers stories, diaries, scientific treatises, plays, dictionaries, and religious texts into a stunning celebration of the power of books.

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  • Release date

    September 5, 2017

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      • ISBN: 9781465470881

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      • ISBN: 9781465470881
      • File size: 115906 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2017

      Collins (Pope Francis: A Photographic Story of the People's Pope) and contributors Alexandra Black (How Business Works), Thomas Cussans (contributor, History: The Definitive Visual Guide), John Fardon (Royal Literary fellow, Cambridge Univ.; Do Not Open), and Philip Parker (The Northmen's Fury: A History of the Viking World) highlight individual titles, organized by time period, that are remarkable for their place in history, their writing, and their physical presentation. A preface extols books and examines the history of the medium, from scroll to the present day. Articles cover the dimensions of the featured edition and when, where, and how it was produced. Entries on bound volumes (as opposed to scrolls) include a graphic of the selection compared with an "average" physical hand. (There are variations: John James Audubon's mammoth Birds of America is shown beside an entire person, while Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is compared to a child's hand.) Each section ends with a directory that showcases other notable works from the period. It isn't always clear why some books receive more attention than others, which may frustrate the most orderly, but overall, this work deftly examines literature in world history and vice versa. VERDICT With the breadth of subjects covered, this is a coffee-table book for the curious adult mind but accessible enough for younger readers, too.--Robert Mixner, Bartholomew Cty. P.L., Columbus, IN

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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