The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time

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ISBN(EAN) 9780393244793
Издатель WW Norton and Company
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Автор Houston Keith
Язык Английский
Формат Твердый переплет
Страницы 448
Год издания 2016
Рейтинг 4.6
Вес (грамм) 927
Размер (мм) 218(д) х 150(ш) х 41(в)
 

In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages-of civilisations, empires, human ingenuity and madness. In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000 year-old medium, Houston follows the development of writing, printing, the art of illustrations, and binding to show how we have moved from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the hardcovers and paperbacks of today. Sure to delight book lovers of all stripes with its lush, full-colour illustrations, The Book gives us the momentous and surprising history behind humanity's most important-and universal-information technology.
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