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The coming of the book: the impact of printing, 1450-1800

The coming of the book: the impact of printing, 1450-1800
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ISBN 1844676331 (pbk.)
9781844676330 (pbk.)
Author Febvre, Lucien
Uniform Title Apparition du livre. English
Title The coming of the book : the impact of printing, 1450-1800 / Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin ; translated [from the French] by David Gerard ; edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and David Wootton
Publisher London : Verso, 2010
Physical desc. 378 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Verso world history series
Note Translation of: L'Apparition du livre ([Paris] : Editions Albin Michel, 1958); first published by Verso in 1976.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-354) and index.
Contents Pt. 1: Preliminaries: The introduction of paper into Europe. The progress of paper -- Preconditions of the growth of paper-making: natural and industrial -- Commercial factors -- The coming of printing and the development of the paper industry -- Pt. 2: The technical problems and their solution. The wood-cut, ancestor of the book? -- The 'discovery' of printing -- The making of the type -- Composition and impression -- Imposition -- The Chinese precedent -- Pt. 3: The book: its visual appearance. Type founts -- Inside the book: title page, colophon and printer's mark -- The text and format of the book -- Illustration -- Clothing the book: the binding -- Pt. 4: The book as a commodity. Costs --The problem of finance -- Pt. 5: The little world of the book. The journeymen -- The masters -- From the humanist printer to the bookseller of the Enlightenment -- Authors and their rights -- Pt. 6: The geography of the book. The journeys of printers -- Places to set up business -- Geography and publishing -- Printing conquers the world -- The Slav Countries: Bohemia and Moravia; Poland; The Southern Slavs; Russia -- The New World -- The Far East -- Pt. 7: The book trade. Some basic data: sizes of editions -- Some problems for the trade -- Business methods at the time of the book-fairs -- Towards new business methods -- Privilege and piracy -- Censorship and banned books -- Pt. 8: The book as a force for change. From manuscript to printed book -- Humanism and the book -- The book and the Reformation -- Printing and language.
Subject Books -- History
Printing -- History
Printing -- Influence
Added name(s) Martin, Henri-Jean 1924-2007
Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey
Wootton, David 1952-
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