Inky Fingers: The Making Of Books In Early Modern Europe Anthony Grafton Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

An Open Letters Review Best Book Of The Year“Grafton Presents Largely Unfamiliar Material…In A Clear Even Breezy Style…Erudite ”—Michael Dirda Washington Postin This Celebration Bookmaking In All Its Messy And Intricate Detail Anthony Grafton Captures Both Physical Mental Labors That Went Into Golden Age Book—Compiling Notebooks Copying Correcting Proofs Preparing Copy—And Shows Us How Scribes Scholars Shaped Influential Treatises Forgeries Inky Fingers Ranges Widely From Theological Polemics Early Days Printing To Pathbreaking Works Jean Mabillon Baruch Spinoza Draws New Connections Between Humanistic Traditions Intellectual Innovations Textual Learning Delicate Arduous Error-Riddled Craft Making Books Through It He Reminds Life Mind Depends On Work Hands Nitty Gritty Labor Printmakers Has Had Profound Impact History Ideas “Describes Magnificent Achievements Storms Controversy Sometimes Pure Devilment Printers…Captivating Often Amusing ”—Wall Street Journal“Ideas Vivid Telling Emerge Not Just Minds But Mention Biceps Crank Press Or Heft Ream Paper ”—New York Books“Grafton Upends Idealized Understandings Modern Scholarship Blurs Distinctions Made Remarkable Period Possible ”—Christine Jacobson Post“Scholarship Is Kind Heroism Grafton’s Account His Nine Protagonists’ Aching Backs Tired Eyes Evidence Their Valiant Dedication Pursuit Knowledge ”—London Σελίδες: 392 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0503 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm