| Description |
312 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : the third revolution -- Golden city, tarnished -- Strasbourg adventure -- Hercules labouring for unity -- Something in the air -- Secret revealed -- In search of a bestseller -- Bible -- Colophon -- Pressing to the limits -- Christendom divided, the world united -- 42-line Bible : a possible balance sheet -- German printers abroad : the first wave. |
| Note |
"Originally published in Great Britain with the title The Gutenberg revolution: the story of a genius and an invention that changed the world by Headline Book Publishing in 2002"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-302) and index. |
| Subject |
Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468.
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Printers -- Germany -- Biography.
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Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents.
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| Added Author |
Man, John, 1941-
Gutenberg revolution.
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| Added Title |
How one man remade the world with words |
| ISBN |
0471218235 |
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