The book a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time
Reveals how books and the materials that make them reflect the history of human civilization, tracing the development of writing, printing, illustrating, and binding to demonstrate the transition from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the mass-distributed books of today.
Main Author: | Houston, Keith, 1977- (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2016]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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