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Johns, Adrian.

The nature of the book print and knowledge in the making / [electronic resource] : Adrian Johns. - University of Chicago Press, 1998. - 1 online resource (xxi, 753 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-707) and index.

Introduction : the book of nature and the nature of the book -- Literatory life : the culture and credibility of the printed book in early modern London -- "The advancement of wholesome knowledge" : the politics of print and the practices of propriety -- John Streater and the Knights of the Galaxy : republicanism, natural knowledge, and the politics of printing -- Faust and the pirates : the cultural construction of the printing revolution -- The physiology of reading : print and the passions -- Piracy and usurpation : natural philosophy in the Restoration -- Histories of the heavens : John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia cœlestis Britannica -- Conclusion.

ISBN: 9780226401232 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 0226401235 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 9780226401218 0226401219

Source: OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Printing--Social aspects--History.--Europe
Printing--Social aspects--History.--England
Books--History.--Europe
Books--History.--England
Transmission of texts.
Science--History.--Europe
Science--History.--England
Science publishing--History.--Europe
Science publishing--History.--England
Books.
Printing.
Science.
Science publishing.
Imprimerie--Aspect social--Histoire.--Europe
Imprimerie--Aspect social--Histoire.--Angleterre
Livres--Histoire.--Europe
Livres--Histoire.--Angleterre
Transmission de textes.
Sciences--Histoire.--Europe
Sciences--Histoire.--Angleterre
Édition scientifique--Histoire.--Europe
Édition scientifique--Histoire.--Angleterre
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
DESIGN--Book.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES--Book Printing & Binding.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Boeken.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe--Intellectual life.
England--Intellectual life.
Europe--Vie intellectuelle.
Angleterre--Vie intellectuelle.

Subjects--Index Terms: წიგნის ბეჭდვა ევროპა ისტორია

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: Z124 / .J64 1998eb

Dewey Class. No.: 686.2/094

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 655.3(4)(091)