The two-volume version has been published for the 25th Anniversary of the publisher "Taschen". I have roughly compared both versions and there are only a few differences, mostly in the 20th century section. The quality of the pictures is the same. A must have! (Either version)
Michaela ----- Original Message ----- From: "lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 7:55 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: Kyoto book > 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. > > lisa > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
