The book : a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393244793
- ISBN: 0393244792
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Physical Description:
print
xvii, 428 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-405) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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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Subject: | Books History Printing History Paper History Illustration of books History |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | Z 4 .H68 2016 | 30775305543853 | General Collection | Available | - |