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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822714703321

Autore

Kilgour Frederick G. <1914-2006, >

Titolo

The evolution of the book / / Frederick G. Kilgour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

0-19-771292-4

0-19-028365-3

1-280-47115-8

9786610471157

1-4237-5991-5

0-19-535336-6

1-60256-261-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

002/.09

Soggetti

Books - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Dynamics of the Book; 2. Incunables on Clay; 3. Papyrus Rolls; 4. The Greco-Roman World; 5. The Codex, 100-700; 6. Islam, 622-1300; 7. Western Christendom, 600-1400; 8. Printing, 1400-1800; 9. Power Revolution, 1800-1840; 10. Climax of Books Printed from Cast Type, 1840-1940; 11. Computer-Driven Book Production; 12. The Electronic Book; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; X; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This study is a concise history of the book in all its forms, starting from the very beginning with the invention of writing and concluding at the present time with the electronic revolution and what it may hold for the future.