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1) Early printed books

Author

Duff, E. (Edward) Gordon

Series

Books about books

Publisher

K. Paul, Trench, Tr_ubner & co., ltd

Pub. Date

1893.

Language

English

Description

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Excerpt: "When we speak of the invention of printing, we mean the invention of the art of multiplying books by means of single types capable of being used again and again in different combinations for the printing of different books. Taking the word printing in its widest sense, it means merely the impression of any image; and the art of impressing or stamping words or pictures seems to have been known from the very earliest times. The handles of...

2) Breaking into print: before and after the invention of the printing press

Author

Krensky, Stephen

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

[1996]

Language

English

Description

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Describes the nature of books in the world before the development of the printing press and the subsequent effect of that invention on civilization.

3) Johann Gutenberg: master of modern printing

Author

Pollard, Michael

Series

Giants of science

Publisher

Blackbirch Press

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

4) Johann Gutenberg: the man and his invention

Author

Kapr, Albert

Publisher

Scolar Press

Pub. Date

1996.

Language

English

5) Fine print: a story about Johann Gutenberg

Author

Burch, Joann Johansen

Series

Carolrhoda creative minds book
Creative Minds Biography

Publisher

Carolrhoda Books

Pub. Date

[1991]

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the story of the German printer credited with the invention of printing with movable type.

6) Gutenberg and the Master of the Playing Cards

Author

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut

Publisher

Yale University Press

Pub. Date

1966.

Language

English

7) Gutenberg

Author

Fisher, Leonard Everett

Publisher

Macmillan Pub. Co

Pub. Date

[1993]

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the fifteenth-century German printer who revolutionized printing with the invention of movable type.

8) The 500th anniversary of the invention of printing

Author

Fuhrmann, Otto W

Publisher

Philip C. Duschnes

Pub. Date

1937.

Language

English

9) The book in the Renaissance

Author

Pettegree, Andrew

Publisher

Yale University Press

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

10) Monumenta typographica

Author

Wolf, Johann Christian

Publisher

Svmtibvs C. Heroldi

Pub. Date

1740.

Language

English

11) Johann Gutenberg and the amazing printing press

Author

Koscielniak, Bruce

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Co

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

Description

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A history of the modern printing industry, including how paper and ink are made, looking particularly at the printing press invented by Gutenberg around 1450 but also at its precursors.

12) Books in chains, and other bibliographical papers

Author

Blades, William

Series

Book-lover's library

Publisher

E. Stock

Pub. Date

1892.

Language

English

Description

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This volume, published two years after Blades's death, explores the practice of securing books by chaining in England and abroad. Other chapters deal with such topics as the use and development of signatures in books; early schools of typography; and the invention of printing. Informative and readable, Books in Chains will be of interest to bibliophiles everywhere.