Law's picture books : the Yale Law Library collection /
"'Illustrated law books' may seem like an oxymoron. After all, law is conceptual, analytic, and so very wordy! Yet for the past decade, over a thousand illustrated law books have been assembled in the Yale Law Library -- spanning eight centuries and four continents. Law's Picture...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Clark, New Jersey :
Talbot Publishing,
2017
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| Summary: | "'Illustrated law books' may seem like an oxymoron. After all, law is conceptual, analytic, and so very wordy! Yet for the past decade, over a thousand illustrated law books have been assembled in the Yale Law Library -- spanning eight centuries and four continents. Law's Picture Books began as a major exhibition of that collection at the Grolier Club (9/13 to 11/18/17) in New York City, curated by Rare Book Librarian Michael Widener and legal historian Mark S. Weiner. In challenging the stereotype of legal literature as a dreary expanse of dry text, this book will surprise and delight both bibliophiles and members of the legal community. This handsome full-color book is enhanced by the essays 'Collecting Yale Law Library's Picture Books,' (Michael Widener), 'Reflections on an Exhibition,' (Mark S. Weiner), 'Ars Memoria in Early Law: Looking Beneath the Picture,' (Jolande E. Goldberg, Law Library of Congress), and 'Law's Picture Books and the History of Book Illustration,' (Erin C. Blake, Folger Shakespeare Library)." |
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| Item Description: | "Catalogue of an exhibition at the Grolier Club, New York City, September 13-November 18, 2017"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | vii, 211 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 9781616191603 1616191600 |