The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800
Author:   Henri-Jean Martin ,  Lucien Febvre ,  David Gerard
Publisher:   Verso Books
Edition:   3rd edition
ISBN:  

9781844676330


Pages:   382
Publication Date:   02 August 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Henri-Jean Martin ,  Lucien Febvre ,  David Gerard
Publisher:   Verso Books
Imprint:   Verso Books
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.606kg
ISBN:  

9781844676330


ISBN 10:   1844676331
Pages:   382
Publication Date:   02 August 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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It ranks easily among the most consequential works of recent French scholarship.A Times Literary Supplement It is one of the most exciting scholarly books ever written on printing ... This book is serious work--marvellously rich and stimulating.A Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Times


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Lucien Febvre, who died in 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 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.

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