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Printer's error : irreverent stories from book history / J.P. Romney and Rebecca Romney.

Summary:

Since the Gutenberg Bible first went on sale in 1455, printing has been viewed as one of the highest achievements of human innovation. But the march of progress hasn't been smooth; downright bizarre is more like it. Printer's Error chronicles some of the strangest and most humorous episodes in the history of Western printing, and makes clear that we've succeeded despite ourselves. Rare-book expert Rebecca Romney and author J. P. Romney take us from monasteries and museums to auction houses and libraries to introduce curious episodes in the history of print that have had a profound impact on our world.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062412317
ISBN: 0062412310
Physical Description: xvii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2017.
Copyright: p2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-338) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	What do you reckon this is? -- How to forge a rare book -- Forgetting Mr. Gooseflesh -- Trees of truth -- Making the round world flat -- Bad Shakespeare -- Benjamin Franklin makes it rain -- Angelic visions and deadly terrors -- The memoir that killed her memory -- American bookaneers -- When doves cry -- Blifter! -- Nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.