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The book: a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time
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0393244792 (hbk.)
9780393244793 (hbk.)
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Houston, Keith 1977-
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The book : a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time / Keith Houston
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New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016
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xvii, 428 pages ; illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction -- Pt. 1: The page. A clean sheet: the invention of papyrus -- Hidebound: the grisly invention of parchment -- Pulp fictions: the ambiguous origins of paper in China -- From Silk Road to paper trail: paper goes global -- Pt. 2: The text. Stroke of genius: the arrival of writing -- The prints and the pauper: Johannes Gutenberg and the invention of movable type -- Out of sorts: typesetting meets the Industrial Revolution -- Pt. 3: Illustrations. Saints and scriveners: the rise of the illuminated manuscript -- Ex Oriente Lux: woodcut comes to the West -- Etching a sketch: copperplate printing and the Renaissance -- Better imaging through chemistry: lithography, photography, and modern book printing -- Pt. 4: Form. Books before the book: papyrus scrolls and wax tablets -- Joining the folds: the invention of the codex -- Ties that bind: binding the paged book -- Size matters: the invention of the modern book.
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Books -- History
Printing -- History
Paper -- History
Illustration of books -- History
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