Johannes Gutenberg
a biography in books
$38.28
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2025
Summary
Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books - Printing the Path to the Modern World
Johannes Gutenberg is famous as the inventor of Europe’s first typographic printing method, and his life and legacy have long fascinated a wide audience. Due to scant and vague fifteenth-century documentation, however, Gutenberg’s career has long been obscured by derivative storytelling, competing agendas and scholarly guesswork.
This new biography removes these barriers to retell his story dire…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836390398 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1836390394 |
| Author: | Eric Marshall White |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books |
| Imprint: | Reaktion Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 608g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 221mm x 149mm |
| Series: | Medieval Lives |
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Critics Review
Eric Marshall White’s Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books brings us as close to Gutenberg as the evidence allows: stripping away myth and guesswork, this book is invigorating and hard to put down. * Erik Kwakkel, Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Information, and author of Books Before Print *There is no better guide to the inventive genius of Johannes Gutenberg than Eric Marshall White, and this wise, beautifully written and deeply learned work will be an instant classic. * Andrew Pettegree, Bishop Wardlaw Professor of History, University of St Andrews, and author of Brand Luther and The Book at War *
About The Author
Eric Marshall White
Eric Marshall White is the Scheide Librarian and Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at Princeton University. His publications include Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible (2017), which won the DeLong Prize for outstanding book in the field of book history.
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