Books - History
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The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800
$24.95 Add to cartThe emergence of the book was not merely an event of world historical importance, but the dawn of modernity. In this much praised work, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and t… [more below]
- Series: Verso World History (Paperback)
- Author: Febvre, Lucien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 18 2012
- ISBN10: 1844676331
- Language: English
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The Book
$19.95 Add to cartThe book as object, as content, as idea, as interface.
What is the book in a digital age? Is it a physical object containing pages encased in covers? Is it a portable device that gives us access to ent
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Borsuk, Amaranth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0262535416
- Language: English
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El Infinito En Un Junco / Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
$21.95 Read moreDe humo, de piedra, de arcilla, de seda, de piel, de ?rboles, de pl?stico y de luz… Un recorrido por la vida del libro y de quienes lo han salvaguardado durante casi treinta siglos.
Este es un libr- Author: Vallejo, Irene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 0593312570
- Language: Spanish
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Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers
$28.00 Read moreA history of one of humankind’s most resilient and influential technologies over the past millennium–the book. Revelatory and entertaining in equal measure, Portable Magic will charm and challenge li… [more below]
- Author: Smith, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1524749095
- Language: English
