The coming of the book
Subtitle: the impact of printing, 1450-1800
By: Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin ; translated by David Gerard.
Contributors: Martin, Henri Jean, 1924-
Series: Verso modern classics
Publisher: Verso
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Books -- History.; Printing -- History.
Description: "The emergence of the book was not merely an event of world historical importance, but the dawn of modernity. In this much praised work, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, with the study of consciousness itself to root the development of printing in the changing social relations and ideological struggles of Western Europe. Now that the printed page may become a thing of the past, The Coming of the Book is more pertinent than ever."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-354) and index.
Translation of: L'Apparition du livre.
First published in English: London : N.L.B., 1976.