Book Reviews

[mmcnealy]

I'm hoping that people on my friend's list have seen these books and can tell me if they are worth ordering via ILL or buying.

A Handbook of Indigo Dyeing by Vivien Prideaux

Eating Right in the Renaissance by Ken Albala A book explaining humoral theory


The Culture of Cleanliness in Renaissance Italy by Douglas Biow

Bookbinding for Book Artists by Keith A. Smith, Fred A. Jordan

Anyone with an opinion on any of these books?

Comments

[lady-guenievre.livejournal.com]

I've read parts of the Albala text, but it was years go... as I remember it, I'd recommend ILL first as I seem to recall that the focus of the piece was just post period, but that may have been that it was more focused on the 16th century than the 15th (and I was writing a paper on the 14th/15th cent at the time). I *do* remember it being well researched and having some interesting information, though.

[rectangularcat]

the Prideux book seems to me to be more on shibori and other dyeing techniques.