The Coming of the Book The Impact of

The emergence of the book was not merely an event of world historical importance, but the dawn of modernity. In this much praised work, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, with the study of consciousness itself to root the development of printing in the changing social relations and ideological struggles of Western Europe. Now that the printed page may become a thing of the past, The Coming of the Book is more pertinent than ever. The Verso World History Series : This series provides attractive new editions of classic works of history, making landmark texts available to a new generation of readers. Covering a time-span stretching from Ancient Greece and Rome to the twentieth century, and with a global geographical range, the series will also include thematic volumes providing insights into such topics as the spread of print cultures and the history of money.

Lucien Febvre (1878-1956) was cofounder of the influential journal Annales, and is widely recognized as one of the foremost historians of the twentieth century. His other books include A Geographical Introduction to History, The Problem of Unbelief in the Sixteenth Century: The Religion of Rabelais and Life in Renaissance France. Henri-Jean Martin (1924-2007) was a distinguished historian of the development of early printing. His other publications include The French Book: Religion, Absolutism and Readership, 1585-1715 and The History and Power of Writing.

Foreword	p. 7
Preface	p. 9
Manuscripts	p. 15
Preliminaries: The Introduction of Paper into Europe	p. 29
The Progress of Paper	p. 30
Preconditions of the Growth of Paper-Making: Natural and Industrial	p. 33
Commercial Factors	p. 37
The Coming of Printing and the Development of the Paper Industry	p. 39
The Technical Problems and their Solution	p. 45
The Wood-Cut, Ancestor of the Book?	p. 45
The 'Discovery' of Printing	p. 49
The Making of the Type	p. 56
Composition and Impression	p. 61
Imposition	p. 68
The Chinese Precedent	p. 71
The Book: Its Visual Appearance	p. 77
Type Founts	p. 78
Inside the Book: Title Page, Colophon and Printer's Mark	p. 83
The Text and Format of the Book	p. 87
Illustration	p. 90
Clothing the Book: The Binding	p. 104
The Book as a Commodity	p. 109
Costs	p. 109
The Problem of Finance	p. 115
The Little World of the Book	p. 128
The Journeymen	p. 129
The Masters	p. 136
From the Humanist Printer to the Bookseller of the Enlightenment	p. 143
Authors and their Rights	p. 159
The Geography of the Book	p. 167
The Journeys of Printers	p. 167
Place to Set Up Business	p. 170
Geography and Publishing	p. 180
Printing Conquers the World	p. 198
The Slav Countries	p. 198
Bohemia and Moravia	p. 198
Poland	p. 200
The Southern Slavs	p. 203
Russia	p. 205
The New World	p. 207
The Far East	p. 212
The Book Trade	p. 216
Some Basic Data: Sizes of Editions	p. 216
Some Problems for the Trade	p. 222
Business Methods at the Time of the Book-Fairs	p. 224
Towards New Business Methods	p. 234
Privilege and Piracy	p. 239
Censorship and Banned Books	p. 244
The Book as a Force for Change	p. 248
From Manuscript to Printed Book	p. 248
Humanism and the Book	p. 262
The Book and the Reformation	p. 287
Printing and Language	p. 319
Notes	p. 333
Index	p. 355
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The Coming of the Book The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800

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