Bibliograph

The book, a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time, Keith Houston

Type

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Label

The book, a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time, Keith Houston

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-401) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The book

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

956980330

Responsibility statement

Keith Houston

Sub title

a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time

Summary

Reveals how books and the materials that make them reflect the history of human civilization, tracing the development of writing, printing, illustrating, and binding to demonstrate the transition from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the mass-distributed books of today

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