The Book on the Bookshelf - Hardcover

The Book on the Bookshelf.

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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Gut. X, 290 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag leicht berieben und mit leichten Randläsuren, Vorderschnitt ungleichmäßig und faserig, Bleistifteintrag auf Vorsatz / dust jacket lightly rubbed and with light edgewear, fore-edge uneven and stringy, pencil entry on endpaper. - He has been called "the poet laureate of technology" and a writer who is "erudite, witty, thoughtful, and accessible." Now Henry Petroski turns to the subject of books and bookshelves, and wonders whether it was inevitable that books would come to be arranged vertically as they are today on horizontal shelves. As we learn how the ancient scroll became the codex became the volume we are used to, we explore the ways in which the housing of books evolved. Petroski takes us into the pre-Gutenberg world, where books were so scarce they were chained to lecterns for security. He explains how the printing press not only changed the way books were made and shelved, but also increased their availability and transformed book readers into book owners and collectors. He shows us that for a time books were shelved with their spines in, and it was not until after the arrival of the modern bookcase that the spines faced out. In delightful digressions, Petroski lets Seneca have his say on "the evils of book collecting"; examines the famed collection of Samuel Pepys (only three thousand titles: old discarded to make room for new); and discusses bookselling, book buying, and book collecting through the centuries. Richly illustrated and wonderfully written, this is the ultimate book on the book: how it came to be and how we have come to keep it. / Contents Preface 1. Books on Bookshelves 2. From Scrolls to Codices 3. Chests, Cloisters, and Carrels 4. Chained to the Desk 5. The Press of Books 6. Studying Studies 7. Up Against the Wall 8. Books and Bookshops 9. Bookstack Engineering 10. Shelves That Move 11. The Care of Books Appendix: Order, Order Notes Bibliography Illustrations Index. ISBN 9780375406492 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 540 Originalhardcover with dust jacket. Artikel-Nr. 1184162

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