The printing press
By: by Milton Meltzer.
Series: Great inventions; Great inventions (Benchmark Books (Firm))
Publisher: Benchmark Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Printing -- History -- Juvenile literature; Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents -- Juvenile literature; Printing presses -- Juvenile literature; Printing -- History; Printing presses
Genres: Juvenile literature.
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 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: Great printers, great men; title: A pamphlet for the revolution; title: They became giants; title: The new place of print.