People of the Book: Five Hundred Years of the Hebrew Book from the Beginning of Printing until the Twentieth Century

Contents:
Part I. Printing begins
The printing press: Gutenberg's invention
The birth of the book: replacing the maunuscript
The first fifty years: pioneers

Part II. Printing develops
The sixteenth century: years of growth and establishment
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: Amsterdam dominates Europe
The nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the industrial revolution and Eastern Europe

Part III. Printing flourishes
She'eilos u'teshuvos (Responsa): proliferate with printing
The Pesach haggadah: "in each and every generation" --

Part IV. Printing prevails
Persecution and censorship of the Hebrew book: a constant challenge
Questions in halachah: new issues arising

Appendices :
Landmarks in Hebrew printing
Prolific printers
Principal locations of Hebrew printing
Sefarim printed during the period of incunabula
Description of sefarim mentioned in this book
Authors mentioned in this book.