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The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making / Adrian Johns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johns, Adrian.
- Series:
- ACLS Fellows’ publications.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Printing--Social aspects--Europe--History.
- Printing.
- Printing--Social aspects--England--History.
- Books--Europe--History.
- Books.
- Books--England--History.
- Transmission of texts.
- Science--Europe--History.
- Science.
- Science--England--History.
- Science publishing--Europe--History.
- Science publishing.
- Science publishing--England--History.
- Europe--Intellectual life.
- Europe.
- England--Intellectual life.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (778 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "In The Nature of the Book, a tour de force of cultural history, Adrian Johns constructs an entirely original and vivid picture of print culture and its many arenas—commercial, intellectual, political, and individual." -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the book of nature and the nature of the book – Literatory life: the culture and credibility of the printed book in early modern London – “The advancement of wholeshome knowledge”: the politics of print and the practices of propriety – John Streater and the knights of the galaxy: Republicanism, natural knowledge, and the politics of printing – Faust and the pirartes: the cultural construction of the printing revolution – The physiology of reading: print and the passions – Piracy and usurpation: natural philosophy in the restoration – Histories of the heavens: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Coelestis Britannica.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-707) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781282089877
- 1282089870
- 9780226401232
- 0226401235
- 9786612089879
- 6612089873
- 9780226401218
- 0226401219
- 9780226401225
- 0226401227
- OCLC:
- 436148381
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