Book - Houston Keith
Book - Houston Keith We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows the development of writing, printing, the…
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Book - Houston Keith
We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows the development of writing, printing, the art of illustrations, and binding to show how we have moved from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the hardcovers and paperbacks of today. In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages--of civilizations, empires, human ingenuity, and madness.
Sure to delight book lovers of all stripes with its lush, full-color illustrations, The Book gives us the momentous and surprising history behind humanity's most important--and universal--information