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Morrison, Blake

The Justification of Johann Gutenberg

Doubleday Canada, 2000

30,00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
2000
ISBN
0385259840
Luogo di stampa
Toronto
Autore
Morrison, Blake
Editori
Doubleday Canada
Edizione
1st Can Ed.
Soggetto
FICTION HISTORICAL GERMANY GUTENBERG JOHANNES PRINTING HISTORY, MAINZ
Descrizione
New
Descrizione
H
Sovracoperta
Stato di conservazione
Nuovo
Legatura
Rilegato
Copia autografata
No
Prima edizione

Descrizione

"Gutenberg has been called the most influential man of the last millennium. He launched a communications revolution - and changed the written word forever. This is his tale, and the story behind his heretical invention." "Around 1400, in the city of Mainz, a man was born whose invention of moveable metal type was to change the written word for ever and alter the course of history itself. Johann Gutenberg died 60 years later, robbed of his business, his printing presses and, so he thought, of his immortality. Reading between the lines of history, Blake Morrison has woven a stunning novel around the few facts known about the life and work of Johann Gensfleisch, aka Gutenberg, master printer, charmer, conman and visionary