ahaas's review against another edition
Full disclosure: I read this for one of my grad school classes this semester, but if you are at all interested in the history of the book, or history in general, this is a great starting guide!
tanyagold's review against another edition
5.0
"Object, content, idea, and interface, the book changes us as we change it, letter by letter, page by page."
A fascinating history of the book, its function, and its form.
A fascinating history of the book, its function, and its form.
rbz39's review against another edition
3.0
Read this for my History of the Book class. This takes a deep dive into the question "what is a book" and explores the idea, content, and interface with numerous examples. While it posed a lot of interesting questions and highlighted some things I might not have otherwise heard about, this was a little dense for me. A good read for those in Library Science fields, but I had hoped that this would have tied in with the course a bit more. Still, I like the formatting and style of this tome, so I'm glad I picked it up!
piquareste's review
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
really wonderful exploration of all things "book"!!