The nature of the book
Subtitle: print and knowledge in the making
By: Adrian Johns.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 753
Subjects: Printing -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History; Printing -- Social aspects -- England -- History; Books -- Europe -- History; Books -- England -- History; Transmission of texts; Science -- Europe -- History; Science -- England -- History; Science publishing -- Europe -- History; Science publishing -- England -- History; Europe -- Intellectual life; England -- Intellectual life
Description: In The Nature of the Book, Adrian Johns transports his readers back to early modern England and the cauldron of creative and commercial forces in which print culture was formed. His uncanny eye for detail allows us to visit booksellers' shops and the Royal Society, paper manufactories and type foundries.

We can eavesdrop on the often-bitter disputes between authors and printers, printers and booksellers, clerics and intellectuals as they debate and resolve the meaning and rights attached to the creation of ideas, their appearance in written form and then in print, and the opportunity to sell, buy, and read printed work. Johns focuses on the interplay between the scientific and print revolutions and on their roles, both complementary and antagonistic, in the production and dissemination of knowledge.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-707) and index.