Old books, new technologies : the representation, conservation and transformation of books since 1700 / David McKitterick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKitterick, David.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing--Technological innovations.

Publishers and publishing.

Book industries and trade--Technological innovations.

Book industries and trade.

Books--Conservation and restoration--History.

Books.

Book industries and trade--History.

History.

Publishers and publishing--History.

Books--Conservation and restoration.

Penn Provenance:

Traister, Daniel (donor) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Summary:

"Any new technology, just like any new idea, requires some understanding not just of what is new, but also of what it replaces. The current revolution in printing and publishing is no different. It offers new ways of doing things, and new ways of thinking. It offers opportunities for creativity and imagination on a scale and by routes of which we are so far scarcely aware. During the past few years there has emerged a considerable literature about the effect on conventional publishing of what is sometimes called the digital age."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The past in pixels

Restoration and invention

Conservation, counterfeiting and bookbinding

Representation and imitation

From copying to facsimile

The arrival of photography

Public exhibition

The Caxton exhibition of 1877

A bibliographical and public revolution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-277) and index.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries RBC copy: dust jacket retained.

RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Daniel Traister.

ISBN:

9781107035935

1107035937

OCLC:

814529370

Publisher Number:

40022472509