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Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books
Margaret Willes
Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books
Margaret Willes
Examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. This title also investigates the means by which books were sold, and lends insights into the ways booksellers and publishers marketed their wares.
304 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 15, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780300164046 |
Publishers | Yale University Press |
Pages | 304 |
Dimensions | 147 × 228 × 20 mm · 596 g |
Language | English |
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