Coming of the Book The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800

Name: Coming of the Book The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800
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ISBN: 9781844676330

ISBN-10: 1844676331

ISBN-13: 9781844676330

Edition: 3rd 2010

Authors: Lucien Febvre, Henri-Jean Martin

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In this much praised history of that momentous process, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, with the study of modes of consciousness to root the development of printing in the changing social relations and ideological struggles of Western Europe. The Verso World History Series : This series provides attractive new editions of classic works of history, making landmark texts available to a new generation of readers. Covering a timespan stretching from Ancient Greece and Rome to the twentieth century, and with a global geographical range, the series will also include thematic volumes providing insights into such…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 8/2/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.320



Foreword



Preface



Manuscripts




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



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



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



The Book as a Commodity



Costs



The Problem of Finance



The Little World of the Book



The Journeymen



The Masters



From the Humanist Printer to the Bookseller of the Enlightenment



Authors and their Rights



The Geography of the Book



The Journeys of Printers



Place 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



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



The Book as a Force for Change



From Manuscript to Printed Book



Humanism and the Book



The Book and the Reformation



Printing and Language


Notes


Index