@article{1379927,
      recid = {1379927},
      author = {Steinberg, S. H. and Trevitt, John,},
      title = {Five hundred years of printing /},
      publisher = {British Library ;},
      address = {London :},
      pages = {x, 262 pages :},
      year = {1996},
      abstract = {New edition, entirely re-set and containing over one  hundred new illustrations. Five Hundred Years of Printing  describes the pivotal role that printing has played in the  development of human civilization. This work covers the  history of printing with movable types through several  periods. Steinberg begins with the creative century  (1450-1550), which witnessed the invention and beginnings  of practically every single feature that characterizes the  modern printing piece. An era of consolidation (1550-1800)  then followed and refined achievements of the preceding  period. The 19th century experienced an era of  mechanization, beginning with the invention of lithography  and ending with Morris's rediscovery of the Middle Ages and  the heyday of the private presses. This and the inception  of paperbacks preceded the post-war world, which saw the  fields of typesetting, printing and publishing turned  upside down. Five Hundred Years also traces the close  relationship between printing and culture over many years  and also discusses topics like censorship, bestsellers,  popular series, and the connection between printing and  education, language and literature. Now available again in  a larger, finely-illustrated format, Oak Knoll Press's  edition, revised and updated by John Trevitt, draws on the  collections and curatorial expertise of the British  Library. This new edition takes into account the huge  technological changes that the printing industry has  experienced in the last two decades. - See more at:  http://www.oakknoll.com/pages/books/43776/s-h-steinberg/five-hundred-years-of-printing#sthash.WWFzKbru.dpuf  -- Publisher's website.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1379927},
}