Five Hundred Years of Printing

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Five Hundred Years of Printing

STEINBERG, S. H.; TREVITT, John (ed.)

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Topics include: incunabula; Gutenberg; type design; the spread of printing; printing in the vernacular; early bestsellers; book illustration; official and private presses; the periodical press; libraries; censorship; the reading public; linotype and monotype; the Latin alphabet in script and print; booksellers; modern fine printing; CD-Rom and the internet. Select bibliography and index.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press
  • Edition: New edition, revised
  • Date Published: 1996
  • Place Published: n/a
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Fine
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: Yes
  • Jacket Condition: Fine
  • Details:
    First published by Pelican in 1955. x, 262 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Burgundy cloth hardcover in dustjacket.

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