David Diringer: 1 book
The Book Before Printing
Ancient, Medieval and Oriental
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
"A remarkable work. . . . For sheer weight of information there is no equal to it." — The Spectator. It is probable that the earliest "books" were written on wood or leaves as early as the fourth millennium B.C. These fragile materials, unfortunately, have not come down to us. In their absence, the...
