Dahl's History of the Book

TitleDahl's History of the Book
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1995
Series EditorKatz, William A.
Edition3
Number of Pages328 pp.
PublisherScarecrow Press
CityMetuchen, NJ
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780810828520
Annotation

Revised edition of Svend Dahl's History of the Book 2nd ed. (1968).

Contents:
The Power of the Scribes
Greece: The Classical Heritage
The Romans To Early Christians
The Dark Ages
Middle Ages to the Renaissance
Printing and The Renaissance
Publishing: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
The Great Leap Forward: Printing and Publishing from 1800 to 1920
The Twentieth Century and Beyond
Added Reading A. General Histories and Bibliographies
Added Reading B. Scribes to Printers
Added Reading C. Gutenberg to the Twenty-first Century