Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books - Margaret Willes - Books - Yale University Press - 9780300164046 - April 15, 2010
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Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books

Margaret Willes

Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books

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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