The book on the bookshelf - Henry Petroski
KORTE INHOUD
From the author of the highly praised The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things comes another captivating history of the seemingly mundane: the book and its storage.
Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't. As a result, readers are guided along the astonishing evolution from papyrus scrolls boxed at Alexandria to upright books shelved at the Library of Congress. Unimpeachably researched, enviably written, and charmed with anecdotes from Seneca to Samuel Pepys to a nineteenth-century bibliophile who had to climb over his books to get into bed, The Book on the Bookshelf is indispensable for anyone who loves books.
Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't. As a result, readers are guided along the astonishing evolution from papyrus scrolls boxed at Alexandria to upright books shelved at the Library of Congress. Unimpeachably researched, enviably written, and charmed with anecdotes from Seneca to Samuel Pepys to a nineteenth-century bibliophile who had to climb over his books to get into bed, The Book on the Bookshelf is indispensable for anyone who loves books.
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"Een fraai boek over het lezen van boeken. Een hebbeding voor alle boekenliefhebbers."
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1999Uitgever: Alfred A. Knopf290 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0375406492ISBN-13: 9780375406492Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Hardcover with dustjacket, 290pp., 15x24cm., illustr. in b/w., in fair condition (dustjacket and binding with traces of use). ISBN 9780375406492.
New York Alfred A. Knopf 1999
Tracing the evolution of the book and its companion, the bookshelf, an intriguing study ranges from the scrolls of antiquity to the modern-day volume, explaining how the art of book storage evolved, and discusses such topics as libraries, bookselling, book collection, and book buying throughout history. [Auteur: Petroski, Henry.] [Ti...
New York Alfred A. Knopf 1999
Tracing the evolution of the book and its companion, the bookshelf, an intriguing study ranges from the scrolls of antiquity to the modern-day volume, explaining how the art of book storage evolved, and discusses such topics as libraries, bookselling, book collection, and book buying throughout history. [Auteur: Petroski, Henry.] [Ti...
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"Een fraai boek over het lezen van boeken. Een hebbeding voor alle boekenliefhebbers."
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