THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. x, 290, (2). First Edition. Fine in fine jacket. The ways in which the housing of books evolved, from the scroll, to the codex, to the volume we are used to. The author takes us into the pre-Gutenberg world, where books were so scarce they were chained to lecturns for security. He explains how the printing press not only changed the way books were..... READ MORE about THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF
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