Pettegree, Andrew.

The book in the Renaissance / Andrew Pettegree. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010. - xvi, 421 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-407) and index.

The book world before print -- Gutenberg -- Renaissance encounters : the crisis of print -- The creation of a European book market -- Book town Wittenberg -- Luther's legacy -- First with the news -- Polite diversions -- At school -- The literature of conflict -- The search for order -- Market forces -- Science and exploration -- Healing -- Building a library -- Word and the street.

9780300110098 (alk. paper) 9780300178210

2009026513


Book industries and trade--History--Europe--16th century.
Book industries and trade--History--Europe--To 1500.
Printing--History--Europe--16th century.
Printing--History--Origin and antecedents.--Europe
Books--History--Europe--1450-1600.
Renaissance.
Reformation--Europe.


Europe--Intellectual life.

Z291.3 / .P48 2010

070.5094