Inky Fingers: The Making of Books in Early Modern Europe

by Anthony Grafton

Book Overview

An Open Letters Review Best Book of the Year

"Grafton presents largely unfamiliar material...in a clear, even breezy style...Erudite."
--Michael Dirda, Washington Post

In this celebration of bookmaking in all its messy and intricate detail, Anthony Grafton captures both the physical and mental labors that went into the golden age of the book--compiling notebooks, copying and correcting proofs, preparing copy--and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674271211
• ISBN13: 9780674271210
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"