Collections of wood or ivory tablets, or sheets of paper, parchment, or similar material, that are blank, written on, or printed, and are strung or bound together; commonly many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing; especially, when printed, a bound volume, or a volume of some size.
This term has 2,576 records attributed within our system.
AAT
Object name
Document type
Object category
Inscription type
Technique
Material
300028051
<books by conditions of production>
<books by external form>
<books by internal form>
14yrs ago
Editor:
Meynell, Viola
Publisher:
Jonathan Cape
Author:
La Fontaine, Jean de (poet)
Illustrator:
Bofa, Gus (Gustave Blanchot)
Publisher:
Terquem, J.
Author:
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen
Publisher:
T. Fisher Unwin
Printer:
Gresham Press
Printer:
Unwin Brothers Limited
Author:
Voet, Leon
Publisher:
Vangendt & Co.
Publisher:
Routledge & Kegan Paul
Writer:
Carter, Harry
Author:
Mascy, Hugh
Translator:
Greenwood, Ormerod
Illustrator:
Morgan, Roy
Illustrator:
Ireland, Geoffrey
Publisher:
Lion and Unicorn Press
Designer:
Royal College of Art
Printer:
Royal College of Art
Translator:
Cowley, Abraham
Illustrator:
Gooden, Stephen Frederick
Publisher:
Nonesuch Press
Editor:
Grünstein, Leo
Publisher:
Edward Hölzel & Co.
Publisher:
Dr. Benno Filser & Co.
Author:
Nash, Paul
Compiler:
Nash, Paul
Illustrator:
Nash, Paul
Designer:
Nash, Paul
Publisher:
Architectural Press
Author:
Fournier, le jeune (Pierre Simon)
Translator:
Carter, Harry
Publisher:
Soncino Press
Printer:
Curwen Press
Author:
Franklin, Colin
Designer:
Carter, Sebastian
Publisher:
Rampant Lions Press
Printer:
Call Printers
Author:
Swettenham, Frank
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Illustrator:
Forster-Knight, Mary
Publisher:
John Lane
Illustrator:
Höxter, John
Contributor:
Hardt, Ernest
Publisher:
Edmund Meyer Verlag
Illustrator:
Lewis, George Robert
Author:
Lewis, George Robert
Author:
Durand, Guillaume
Publisher:
Lewis, George Robert
Publisher:
Pickering, William
Lithographer:
Day & Haghe
Binder (person):
Tuckett
Author:
Harcourt-Smith, Simon
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
B. T. Batsford Ltd.
Author:
Lindsay, Jack
Publisher:
Fanfrolico Press
Author:
Jacobi, Charles T.
Publisher:
Chiswick Press
Printer:
Charles Whittingham & Co.
Editor:
Waring, John Burley
Illustrator:
Bedford, Francis
Illustrator:
Dudley, R.
Publisher:
Day & Son
Binder (person):
Leighton & Hodge
Author:
Whistler, Laurence
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
Cobden-Sanderson
Author:
Goudy, Frederic William
Typographer:
Goudy, Frederic William
Publisher:
Press of the Good Mountain
Designer:
Johnson, Herbert Harrison
Printer:
Johnson, Herbert Harrison
Author:
Gill, Eric
Typographer:
Gill, Eric
Publisher:
Cassell & Co. Ltd.
Publisher:
Walterson, Francis
Printer:
Cambridge University Press
This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2026) "Terminology definition for: book" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-102154 Accessed: 2026-02-17 16:22:27
To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-102154|title=Terminology definition for: book|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2026-02-17 16:22:27|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/terminology/term-102154
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...