The Coming of the Book

The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800

Henri-Jean Martin, Lucien Febvre, David Gerard

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English

Verso Books
13 July 2010

History; European history; Social & cultural history; Printing, packaging & reprographic industry; Printing & reprographic technology

Series: Verso World History

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.

By: Henri-Jean Martin, Lucien Febvre
Translated by: David Gerard
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 606g
ISBN: 9781844676330
ISBN 10: 1844676331
Series: Verso World History
Pages: 382
Publication Date: 13 July 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800

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