The emergence of the book was an event of world historical importance, and heralded the dawning of modernity. In this much praised history of that momentous process, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, with the study of modes of consciousness to root the development of printing in the changing social relations and ideological struggles of Western Europe.
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It ranks easily among the most consequential works of recent French scholarship. --Times Literary Supplement
It is one of the most exciting scholarly books ever written on printing ... This book is serious workmarvellously rich and stimulating. --Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Times
It is one of the most exciting scholarly books ever written on printing ... This book is serious workmarvellously rich and stimulating. --Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Times
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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. Henri-Jean Martin is a distinguished historian of the development of early printing.
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A great book about the book
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This is one of my favorite books that explores the early history of the book in Europe. It is a bit Franco-centric, probably because the author is French, but nonetheless it is a wealth of information about incunabula, featuring interesting details and stories about the subject. I highly recommend it if you are a bibliophile.
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A thorough documentary of the ins and outs of the beginning of the book I was hoping for something with more of the 'why and what happened' nature. The book remains very readable and pertinent despite being written some time ago. However as a history buff I was hoping for more about the very beginning of the printing press which the author admits is very thinly documented. The printing press changed the world as the internet is doing today. It must have generated strong emotions on both sides of the issue of granting literacy to the world. I'm still looking.
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