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London: Verso, 1990. Paperback. 378p., wraps, in very good condition.

London: Verso, 1984 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 378 pp, foreword by Henri-Jean Martin, preface by Lucien Febvre, manuscripts by Marcel Thomas, 1. Preliminaries: The Introduction of Paper int Europe; 2. The Technical Problems and their Solution; 3. The Book: Its Visual Appearanc; 4. The Book as Commodity; 5. The Little World of the Book; 6. The Geography of the Book; 7. The Book Trade; 8. The Book as a Force for Change; notes, index. Translated by David Gerard. Edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and David Wootton: Later Printing, 1984. "Planned between 1953-1956, this volume was the last work conceived by the French historian Lucien Febvre, who is today generally acknowledged to have been one of the greatest and most innovatory historians of the 2th century. His aim was to reveal not only the technical pre-conditions, but also the social presssures which shaped the epoch-making transition from the manuscript to the printed page in Europe, and examines how the advent of movable… Read More

NLB, London, 1976..

London: Verso, 1986. 2d Impression. Translated by David Gerard. Edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and David Wootton. 378p., stiff wrappers.

London and New York: Verso, 2010. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 378 pages. ¶ Highly important study on the advent of moveable type and its subsequent impact on Western culture. Originally written in French, the present work was translated into English by David Gerard, and edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and David Wootton.