Five Hundred Years of Printing

Author: Sigfrid Henry Steinberg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
This classic work, first published as a Pelican Original in 1955 and maintained in successive editions until 1980 is now available in a finely illustrated larger format book, drawing on the collections and curatorial expertise of The British Library. It has been completely revised and brought up to date, covering topics such as censorship, best-sellers, the invention of lithography and the connection between printing and education. It is of particular use to anyone studying the huge technological changes that the printing industry has experienced during its long timespan.

Five Hundred Years of Printing

Author: S. H. Steinberg
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486821366
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Scholarly and highly readable survey traces the industry from its 15th-century beginnings through the technical advances of the 20th century. Explores associations between printing and education, language, and literature.

Five Hundred Years of Printing

Author: Sigfrid Henry Steinberg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Printing
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description

Five Hundred Years of Printing

Author: S. H. Steinberg
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486814459
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321

The Book of Books

Author: Mathieu Lommen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500515914
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 463

Book Description
Describes the developments in book design and typography through profiles of notable printers, artists, and styles such as the Elseviers, William Morris, Swiss typography, Irma Boom, and Joost Grootens.

The Lost Gutenberg

Author: Margaret Leslie Davis
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698409809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
“A lively tale of historical innovation, the thrill of the bibliophile’s hunt, greed and betrayal.” – The New York Times Book Review "An addictive and engaging look at the ‘competitive, catty and slightly angst-ridden’ heart of the world of book collecting.” - The Houston Chronicle The never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it. For rare-book collectors, an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible--of which there are fewer than 50 in existence--represents the ultimate prize. Here, Margaret Leslie Davis recounts five centuries in the life of one copy, from its creation by Johannes Gutenberg, through the hands of monks, an earl, the Worcestershire sauce king, and a nuclear physicist to its ultimate resting place, in a steel vault in Tokyo. Estelle Doheny, the first woman collector to add the book to her library and its last private owner, tipped the Bible onto a trajectory that forever changed our understanding of the first mechanically printed book. The Lost Gutenberg draws readers into this incredible saga, immersing them in the lust for beauty, prestige, and knowledge that this rarest of books sparked in its owners. Exploring books as objects of obsession across centuries, this is a must-read for history buffs, book collectors, seekers of hidden treasures, and anyone who has ever craved a remarkable book--and its untold stories.

The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe

Author: Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521845434
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 412

Book Description
New illustrated and abridged edition surveys the communications revolution of the fifteenth century.

The Printing Press as an Agent of Change

Author: Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521299558
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 814

Book Description
A full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change, first published in 1980.

The Coming of the Book

Author: Lucien Febvre
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859841082
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
Books, and the printed word more generally, are aspects of modern life that are all too often taken for granted. Yet the emergence of the book was a process of immense historical importance and heralded the dawning of the epoch of modernity. In this much praised history of that process, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, as well as the study of modes of consciousness, to root the development of the printed word in the changing social relations and ideological struggles of Western Europe.

War and Gold

Author: Kwasi Kwarteng
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610391969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 441

Book Description
The world was wild for gold. After discovering the Americas, and under pressure to defend their vast dominion, the Habsburgs of Spain promoted gold and silver exploration in the New World with ruthless urgency. But, the great influx of wealth brought home by plundering conquistadors couldn't compensate for the Spanish government's extraordinary military spending, which would eventually bankrupt the country multiple times over and lead to the demise of the great empire. Gold became synonymous with financial dependability, and following the devastating chaos of World War I, the gold standard came to express the order of the free market system. Warfare in pursuit of wealth required borrowing -- a quickly compulsive dependency for many governments. And when people lost confidence in the promissory notes and paper currencies issued during wartime, governments again turned to gold. In this captivating historical study, Kwarteng exposes a pattern of war-waging and financial debt -- bedmates like April and taxes that go back hundreds of years, from the French Revolution to the emergence of modern-day China. His evidence is as rich and colorful as it is sweeping. And it starts and ends with gold.