The Book-Makers

Adam Smyth

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Author
Adam Smyth
Publish Date
2024-05-28
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
Basic Books
Subtitle
A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives
Number of Pages
383
ISBN-10
1541605640
ISBN-13
9781541605640
SKU
9781541605640

Description

"A celebration of 550 years of the printed book told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary men and women who took the book in radical new directions: printers and binders, publishers and artists, paper-makers and library founders. This is a story of skill, craft, mess, cunning, triumph, improvisation, and error"--