Companion to the History of the Book (2nd ed.)

The celebrated text on the history of the book, completely revised, updated and expanded   The revised and updated edition of The Companion to the History of the Book offers a global survey of the book’s history, through print and electronic text. Already well established as a standard survey of the historiography of the book, this new, expanded edition draws on a decade of advanced scholarship to present current research on paper, printing, binding, scientific publishing, the history of ma