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Gutenberg : how one man remade the world with words / John Man.

Man, John, 1941- (Author). Man, John, 1941- Gutenberg revolution. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0471218235
  • Physical Description: 312 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First 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"--title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468.
Printers > Germany > Biography.
Printing > History > Origin and antecedents.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library 686.2092 MAN (Text) 37810434327861 Adult Nonfiction Available -