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Title:
THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION
By:
John Man
Format:
Paperback
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£10.99
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ISBN 10:
0553819666
ISBN 13:
9780553819663
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Publisher:
TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD
Pub. date:
30 July, 2009
Pages:
304
Description:
The invention of Johann Gutenberg - printing by movable type - was a discovery waiting to happen in the fifteenth century. His story is full of paradox: his ambition was to reunite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it; he aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life's work. This book covers his story.
Synopsis:
In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500 they were printed, and numbered in their millions. The invention of one man - Johann Gutenberg - had caused a revolution. Printing by movable type was a discovery waiting to happen. Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remarkable invention to light. His story is full of paradox: his ambition was to reunite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it; he aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life's work. Yet history remembers him as a visionary; his discovery marks the beginning of the modern world.
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UK
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Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
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