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A Companion to the History of the Book

Simon Eliot (Editor), Jonathan Rose (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2765-3
Hardcover
616 pages
June 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • A coherent, transcontinental account of the history of the book
  • Ranges from the early Sumerian clay tablet through to the emergence of electronic text
  • Makes use of illustrative examples and case studies of well-known texts
  • Written by a group of expert contributors
  • Covers topical debates, such as the nature of censorship and the future of the book