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Creator
Date
[2016]
Location
New York
New York (State)
United States
New York (State)
United States
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xvii, 428 pages
Language
English
Size
22 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 348451
Folger call number: Z4 .H68 2016
Folger holdings ID: 499196
Folger call number: Z4 .H68 2016
Folger holdings ID: 499196
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
Notes
Edition
First edition
Also known as
Extended title: The book : a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time / Keith Houston
Subjects
Related names
author: Houston, Keith, 1977-