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Author:

Abel, Richard, 1925-

Title:

The Gutenberg revolution : a history of print culture / Richard Abel.

Publisher:

Transaction Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 188 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Printing--Europe--Origin and antecedents.--Origin and antecedents.
Printing--Europe--History--16th century.
Printing--Europe--History--17th century.
Printing--Western countries--History.
Europe--Intellectual life.
Civilization, Western--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A brief account of the history of the culture of the West to 1450 -- Gutenberg's printing revolution and the cultural revolution of the fifteenth century -- The spread of printing and its consequences in the sixteenth century -- The cultural triumph of the seventeenth century and the role of print therein.

ISBN:

1412818575 (acid-free paper)
9781412818575 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2010045632

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)