Five Hundred Years of Printing - Hardcover

Steinberg, S. H.; Trevitt, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1884718191 ISBN 13: 9781884718199

Publisher: Oak Knoll Pr, 1996

Synopsis

Originally published in 1955, this text has been substantially revised and updated, taking account of the huge technological changes experienced in the printing industry since the 1970s. The coverage includes censorship, bestsellers, popular series, the history of illustration, the invention of lithography, and the connection between printing and education, language and literature. According to Beatrice Warde, the book represents "the five hundred years of printing as a creator of changes in human lives".

About this title

Synopsis:

A new large format edition of the classic historical review of printing presenting the major phases of its development and impact on Western culture. Steinberg characterizes the four periods of printing beginning with 1450, Gutenberg and illustrations, continuing through the refinements of the next 250 years, the mechanization of the 19th and 20th

About this edition

• Publisher: Oak Knoll Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1884718191
• ISBN 13: 9781884718199
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 262