The Oxford companion to the book / edited by Michael F. Suarez and H.R. Woudhuysen.

Title & Author:

The Oxford companion to the book / edited by Michael F. Suarez and H.R. Woudhuysen.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

Description:

2 volumes (lxv, 1327 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. Essays ; A-C -- v. 2. D-Z.
English.

Summary:

The Oxford Companion to the Book is the first reference work of its kind covering the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times. Along with such subjects as bibliography, the history of printing, editorial theory and practice, and textual criticism, it also engages with newer disciplines such as the history of the book and the electronic book. Additionally, the companion provides an engaging analysis of how books and societies have shaped one another. Written by the world's top scholars in bibliography and book history, the companion is an authoritative and highly informative work of reference for an international readership across a vast range of disciplines.
This unique two-volume work is organized into two parts. Part I is a substantial series of introductory essays-over forty essays offer generic histories of the subject as well as surveys of the history of the book around the world, including the Muslim world, Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Part II of the companion comprises an A-Z section of over 5,000 entries on every aspect of this exceptionally rich and diverse subject, ranging from brief definitions and biographical entries to more extensive treatments. Both parts of the text are richly illustrated with reproductions, diagrams, maps, and examples of various typographical features. --publisher's description.

Resources:
Oxford Reference Online

ISBN:

9780198606536 (set)
0198606532 (set)

Subject:

Books History Encyclopedias.
Printing History Encyclopedias.
Book industries and trade History Encyclopedias.
Printing plants History Encyclopedias.
Books history
Book Industry history
Publishing history
Livres Histoire Encyclopédies.
Imprimeries Histoire Encyclopédies.
Livres Industrie Histoire Encyclopédies.
Imprimerie Histoire Encyclopédies.
General.
Printing plants
Book industries and trade
Books
Printing
Book industries and trade Encyclopedias.
Publishing History Encyclopedias.
publishing encycl.
Bokhistoria uppslagsverk.
Bokhistoria.
Writing
Cross cultural studies
History
Encyclopaedias

Form/genre:

Encyclopedia
Encyclopedias.
encyclopedias.
History
Encyclopédies.

Added entries:

Suarez, Michael F., 1960- editor.
Woudhuysen, H. R., editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 269815
Call No.: Z4 .O89 2010
Copy: slipcase
Status: Available

Location: Library study room 269448
Call No.: Z4 .O89 2010
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library study room 269814
Call No.: Z4 .O89 2010
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

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