On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Pierre & Sandy Pettinger wrote:
IIRC, the reason the photos are so crisp and the colors clear is that they used an 8-color separation printing process, rather than the usual 4-color. One wonders if the 2-volume edition only used 4-color, since it is so much cheaper than the 1-volume was.
I have both versions--ordered the 2 volume set without realizing it was the same book. To me, the colors in the 2 volume set look just as vibrant and beautiful as those in the single volume.
--and-- On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Katy Bishop wrote:
I am curious to see how they have reformatted it for 2 volumes.
The 18th and 19th centuries are in Volume I and the 20th century is in Volume II. There's a very slight difference in page numbers. I haven't gone through page by page to see what the specifics are but the original book has 736 pages. In the new set Volume I is page 1-320 and Volume II is page 321-720. Either way I wholeheartedly agree with everyone who has said that it's a very beautiful book.
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