Rare books

Author(s)

• Van Dyk, Stephen H.
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Bibliographic Information

Rare books

Stephen H. Van Dyk

Scala in association with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Smithsonian Institution Libraries, c2001

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The museum's library and archive, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries contains 55,000 volumes, including 5,000 rare books pertaining to ornament, architecture and decorative arts. In Rare Books, Stephen Van Dyk examines how illustrated decorative arts and design books have served variously as inspiration to designers, tools to document design, a means of instruction, and as works of art in themselves.

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• NCID: BA90264535
• ISBN:
  • 1857592387
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 112 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Branch
  • LCSH : Rare books -- New York (State) -- New York
  • LCSH : Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York -- Special collections -- Design
  • LCSH : Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York -- Special collections -- Decorative arts
  • LCSH : Book design -- History
  • LCSH : Illustration of books