Author:
Febvre, Lucien Victor, 1878-1956.
Imprint:London : Verso, 2010.
Description378 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:This translation originally published: 1976.
Note:I. Preliminaries: The Introduction of Paper into Europe. 1. The Progress of Paper --- 2. Preconditions of the Growth of Paper-Making: Natural and Industrial --- 3. Commercial Factors --- 4. The Coming of Printing and the Development of the Paper Industry ---- II. The Technical Problems and their Solution. 1. The Wood-Cut, Ancestor of the Book? --- 2. The 'Discovery' of Printing --- 3. The Making of the Type --- 4. Composition and Impression --- 5. Imposition --- 6. The Chinese Precedent ---- III. The Book: Its Visual Appearance. 1. Type Founts --- 2. Inside the Book: Title Page, Colophon and Printer's Mark --- 3. The Text and Format of the Book --- 4. Illustration --- 5. Clothing the Book: The Binding ---- IV. The Book as a Commodity. 1. Costs --- 2. The Problem of Finance ---- V. The Little World of the Book. 1. The Journeymen --- 2. The Masters --- 3. From the Humanist Printer to the Bookseller of the Enlightenment -- 4. Authors and their Rights --- VI. The Geography of the Book. 1. The Journeys of Printers --- 2. Places to Set Up Business --- 3. Geography and Publishing --- 4. Printing Conquers the World. A. The Slav Countries: Bohemia and Moravia - Poland - The Southern Slavs - Russia -- B. The New World -- C. The Far East --- VII. The Book Trade. 1. Some Basic Data: Sizes of Editions -- 2. Some Problems for the Trade -- 3. Business Methods at the Time of the Book-Fairs -- 4. Towards New Business Methods -- 5. Privilege and Piracy -- 6. Censorship and Banned Books --- VIII. The Book as a Force for Change. 1. From Manuscript to Printed Book -- 2. Humanism and the Book -- 3. The Book and the Reformation -- 4. Printing and Language.
Bibliography Note:Include bibliographical references (p. 333-354) and index.
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