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The history of the book in 100 books / Roderick Cave & Sara Ayad.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection Z4 .C39 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cave, Roderick, author.
- Ayad, Sara, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books--History.
- Books.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- History of the book in one hundred books
- Place of Publication:
- Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2014.
- Summary:
- Each of the 100 books in chosen has played a critical role in the development of book in all their farms and with all that they bring: literacy, numeracy, technological progress and the expansion of scientific knowledge, religion, political theory, and more.
- Contents:
- In the beginning
- Eastern approaches
- The great classics
- Medieval worlds & the book
- Light from the East
- Wheels of change
- A dangerous invention
- Printing & the Enlightenment
- Print & steam
- The book in the turbulent 20th century
- Digitization & the future of the book.
- Notes:
- "The complete story, from Egypt to e-book"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-278) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781770854062 ;
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