The printing press
By: Milton Meltzer
Series: Great inventions; Great inventions (Benchmark Books (Firm))
Publisher: Benchmark Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Origin and antecedents; Printing; Juvenile literature; Printing presses; History
Description: Explains the mechanics of the first printing press, invented in Germany by Gutenberg in the fifteenth century, and describes the press's revolutionary impact on the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-118) and index.
Table of contents: title: Speaking, writing, and reading; title: Scribes and scrolls; title: Was China first?; title: How Gutenberg did it; title: Printing, printing, everywhere; title: The print shop : a cultural center; title: From apprentice to master; title: An aid to science; title: From Luther to Plymouth Rock; title: The printing press and democracy; title: Many voices; title: In love with the printed word; title: The power of print; title: The new place of print.