Companion to the History of the Book. 2 Volume Set, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Companion to the History of the Book. 2 Volume Set
Buch
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Current price: EUR 45.73
- Publisher:
- Simon Eliot, Jonathan Rose
- Publisher:
- Wiley John + Sons, 06/2025
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781119018162
- Item number:
- 10962221
- Volume:
- 1000 Pages
- Edition number:
- 25002
- Ausgabe:
- 2. Auflage
- Release date:
- 15.6.2025
- Series:
- Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
The celebrated text on the history of the book, completely revised, updated and expandedThe revised and updated edition of The Companion to the History of the Book offers a global survey of the book's history, through print and electronic text. Already well established as a standard survey of the historiography of the book, this new, expanded edition draws on a decade of advanced scholarship to present current research on paper, printing, binding, scientific publishing, the history of maps, music and print, the profession of authorship and lexicography.
The text explores the many approaches to the book from the early clay tablets of Sumer, Assyria and Babylonia to today's burgeoning electronic devices. The expert contributions delve into such fascinating topics as archives and paperwork, and present new chapters on Arabic script, the Slavic, Canadian, African and Australasian book, new textual technologies, and much more.
Containing a wealth of illustrative examples and case studies to dramatize the exciting history of the book, the text is designed for academics, students and anyone interested in the subject.

Companion to the History of the Book. 2 Volume Set
Current price: EUR 45.73