The book : a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time, Keith Houston
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- The book : a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time, Keith Houston
- Title remainder
- a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time
- Statement of responsibility
- Keith Houston
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-401) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part 1. The page -- A clean sheet : the invention of papyrus -- Hidebound : the grisly invention of parchment -- Pulp fictions : the ambiguous origins of paper in China -- From Silk Road to paper trail : paper goes global -- Part 2. The text -- Stroke of genius : the arrival of writing -- The prints and the pauper : Johannes Gutenberg and the invention of movable type -- Out of sorts : typesetting meets the industrial revolution -- Part 3. Illustrations -- Saints and scriveners : the rise of the illuminated manuscript -- Ex Oriente lux : woodcut comes to the West -- Etching a sketch : copperplate printing and the Renaissance -- Better imaging through chemistry : lithography, photography, and modern book printing -- Part 4. Form -- Books before the book : papyrus scrolls and wax tablets -- Joining the folds : the invention of the codex -- Ties that bind : binding the paged book -- Size matters : the invention of the modern book
- Control code
- 1741302
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 428 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393244793
- Lccn
- 2016002842
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40026553110
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Record ID
- u1741302
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780393244793
- (OCoLC)956980330
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