The Printed Book

Firstpublishedin1916aspartoftheCambridgeManualsofScienceandLiteratureseries,thisisafascinatingshortguidetothehistoryoftheprintedbook.AldistracesthedevelopmentofprintinginWesternEurope,fromitsoriginsinthehand-writtenmanuscriptsoffifteenth-centuryGermany,totherapidgrowthofmechanisedprintingintheperiodfollowingtheIndustrialRevolution.Offeringfascinatinginsightsintothemethodsandtoolsusedintheearlytwentiethcentury,thisbookalsocontainspracticalinformationandadviceontypesofpaper,typography,bookbindingandillustrations,aswellasguidanceonthepreservationandcareofbooks.Illustratedwithhandsomeexamplesfromarangeofpublications,thisconciseandaccessibleguidewillcaptivateallthoseinterestedinthehistoryofthebookandthedevelopmentofthemodernprintingprocess.